The Docks at Dusk
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June Hartley has a plan: survive senior year, win the Windward Scholarship, and finally escape her too-small coastal town. Her life is a careful balancing act - juggling dockside volunteer shifts, lifeguard duty, and a résumé built to win.
She didn't account for Bennett Brooks. The new guy. Her next-door neighbor. Her biggest competition - and now her partner for the most important project of the year.
When June learns her once-guaranteed scholarship, the scholarship she needs to get to college, is at risk, she's ready to fight for it. But her focus shifts when she and Bennett witness something suspicious at the docks - a secret that no one is supposed to know about.
Suddenly, they're caught in something much bigger than school, and way more important than a scholarship - a mystery they can't ignore, a town June might not be ready to leave, and a rivalry that's starting to feel a lot like something more.
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