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Shadows on the Shore

katelynm_collins

Reads 229
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Parts 34
Time 4h 6m

Reads 229
Votes 41
Parts 34
Time 4h 6m

katelynm_collins

Mature

COMPLETE

Norah Wiley's mom had her at 18 and her father left when she was 3. After her mom dies from an overdose, her grandparents in Clearwater Shores offer to let her stay with them as she goes to college in town. Her grandma, Susan Wiley sells trees during Christmas time, and her grandpa, Tom Wiley is a pastor. 

Grieving and trying to leave everything behind, Norah struggles to find her footing, until she meets 19 year old Jamie Cantrell, a girl who's lived in Clearwater shores forever and works at the surf shop.

Drawn together by curiosity, secrets, and late-nights by the shore, the girls form a bond neither of them expected. But as their connection deepens into something more, Norah is torn between her growing feelings and how her grandparents and the church might feel. She also tries to find out why her father left. In a town where everyone knows everyone, and expectations run deep, their love is the kind that could unravel everything and bring secrets to surface.Public Domain

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