Saltwater Summer

Blair Collins didn't come to the coast to fall in love.

She came because her life back home cracked open, and everyone thought distance might fix it. She came quiet, awkward, and determined to keep her head down for one temporary summer in a town that wasn't hers.

But summers don't stay quiet and the ocean doesn't let you hide.

He's everything Blair isn't. Confident, reckless, impossible to ignore. A local who belongs to the shoreline like he was born from it. He was never supposed to notice her. And she was never supposed to want him.

What starts as stolen glances turns into late nights, salt stained skin, and feelings neither of them planned for. As Blair begins to come into herself finding her confidence, her voice, her power she realizes something terrifying:

Some loves don't ask permission and some summers change you forever.

But when August ends, Blair has to go back to her real life and the ocean doesn't let you take everything with you.

A story about first love, becoming seen, and learning that even temporary things can leave permanent marks.