A Pause Between Summers
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Last published Fri, May 23, 2025
What if your first love was never meant to last... but never meant to be forgotten?
In the small town of Blackwater, where summers blur into memories and time seems to stand still, June Miller meets Eli Reyes - a quiet, artistic boy who sees the world in color while she's still learning how to be seen at all.
One golden season binds them together. Through shared lemonades, sketchbooks, whispered poems, and late-night walks under starlit skies, they create a world of their own. But life doesn't pause - not even for love. As dreams pull them in different directions, June and Eli must face the truth: growing up sometimes means growing apart.
Told with poetic tenderness and aching honesty, A Pause Between Summers is a coming-of-age love story about the people who shape us, the places we outgrow, and the memories that never quite let go.
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