THE SUMMER WE PRETENDED

Seventeen-year-old Evelyn Carter isn't looking for love. She's looking for an escape-a summer that feels alive before everything changes after graduation.
But then her ex shows up again like a memory she can't delete.
Trying to protect her heart (and her pride), Evelyn makes a reckless decision: she convinces the town's golden lifeguard, Noah Hayes, to pretend to be her boyfriend. It's supposed to be simple-just a summer arrangement to make her ex jealous.
No feelings. No complications. No slipping.
The rules are clear... until they aren't.
Between late-night beach walks, shared secrets, and the kind of laughter that starts feeling too real, the line between fake and real begins to blur in ways neither of them planned for.
Because in a town where the ocean keeps everything temporary...
their feelings decide to stay.
And some summers aren't meant to be survived. They're meant to change you.