Sun kissed and secret | Malachi Barton
Malachi was supposed to be spending the summer in Florida with his family - away from cameras, expectations, and everything that usually came with his name.
He didn't expect to meet anyone like Sienna Rae Dawson.
Especially not at night.
In a quiet beach town that sleeps early, Sienna is a constant mystery beneath the glow of streetlights and moonlit waves. Stubborn, sharp-tongued, and impossible to fully figure out, she always seems to appear when the world goes quiet - like she belongs to the night more than the day.
Malachi keeps running into her after dark: on empty stretches of beach, near closed shops, where the ocean sounds louder than words. And somehow, every meeting feels like it means more than the last.
She knows exactly who he is. That much is clear.
But Sienna keeps things complicated in ways Malachi can't quite explain.
And the more nights they share, the harder it becomes to pretend this summer is just a coincidence.
Some secrets only come out after sunset.