To Build A Sand Castle
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Last published Tue, Jul 29, 2025
Some places you leave. Others never let you go.
After the unexpected death of her father, Penelope Wren returns to Turnhill-the windswept coastal town in Florida she once promised herself she'd never set foot in again. Grief-stricken and carrying more baggage than just her suitcase, she plans to visit for the anniversary of his passing, settle a few lingering matters, and leave quietly.
But Turnhill isn't finished with her. Neither is Atlas Beckett.
Once her fiercest teenage rival, Atlas is now older, steadier, and nothing like the boy she remembers. When a chance encounter sparks something new-and achingly familiar-Penelope finds herself drawn back into the tangled web of a past she thought she'd outrun.
As buried truths begin to surface and old wounds demand reckoning, Penelope must confront the heartbreak she left behind-both in her family and in her heart.
In a town built on tides and second chances, she must decide: is healing found by moving on... or finally coming home?
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