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serein - a gentle rain falling when the sky looks clear

No one ever taught Maisie Lewis what love was supposed to feel like-only how to survive without it.

At seventeen, she's already learned the rules: don't get attached, don't expect anyone to stay, and if you want to be wanted, you have to give something in return. It's the only kind of love she's ever known.

So when she's forced to start over in Spencer Bay with an aunt she's never met, Maisie keeps her distance. New home, new school, new people-it doesn't change anything. She knows how this works.

Then there's Beckett Haven.

Golden boy. Quarterback. The kind of person who's always had everything Maisie hasn't-stability, family, love. He's not supposed to notice her. And he's definitely not supposed to care.

But he does.

What starts as proximity turns into something neither of them expected-something softer, something real. And for the first time, Maisie is faced with a terrifying possibility:

What if love isn't supposed to hurt?

And what happens if she doesn't know how to hold onto it?