A teenage swimmer returns to her home and sport after mysteriously fleeing her hometown. With no close friends, no parents, and the constant disconnect and anxiety she experiences, topped with always having to look over her shoulder, Ricki St.James is purely alone. Enter Bexley Conrad with her white blonde hair, her hardcore loyalty, and her tight knit family. Ricki finds herself edging into a new life where she can be free from her past, where she can have a mom again, where she falls in love, and where she has a person. With the Conrads she's safe from it all. Until she's not. Mysterious drama everywhere, a hint of romance, the power of family, and a complex main character are guaranteed to plunge you headfirst into Underwater.
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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