After the summer that shattered her, Eve Conklin never expected to return to Cousins Beach-not with the ghost of Susannah Fisher everywhere, not with the boy who broke her heart still living inside it. But when the house is threatened to be sold, Eve, Conrad, Jeremiah, Belly, and the rest of the crew reunite to save what's always been more than just a house. It's home.
As laughter echoes through dusty hallways and old tapes flicker on TV screens, memories resurface-of love, of loss, and of the boy who once asked her to stay.
Conrad Fisher is grief-stricken, guilt-ridden, and still very much in love with the girl he let go. But Eve isn't the same girl who waited around. This time, she's not sure if loving him is enough.
Between whispered truths, bonfire confessions, summer storms, and one last dance under the stars, they'll have to decide if history is holding them back-or bringing them home.
This summer, they aren't just fighting to save the house.
They're fighting to find their way back to each other.
˚ ༘♡ ⋆。˚ Claire & Conrad book one ˚ ༘♡ ⋆。˚
When two broken souls realize that they need one another to survive the harshness life has given them.
Claire has spent every summer living next door to the Fishers and Conklins. Claire has also spent every summer gawking at Conrad Fisher, waiting for the day that he notices her as more then his moms best friends daughters best friend.
The day has finally come that Conrad sees her, or possibly he sees her pain. He recognizes the darkness in her eyes and wants nothing more then to be the one to make it shine. He wants to be the one who makes her days better because she is the only one who can make his.
Unexpectedly his mom's bestfriends daughters bestfriend, and also - next door neighbor - became everything to him. The outcome was better then either of them could have imagined.
#1 in #conrad on 9/27/22-2/1/23🫶
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{completed august 10th, 2023}