Marina0434
She came to Malta looking for her family's past.
Instead, she found an ice cream shop by the sea, a house that never really felt like hers, and a boy who smiled like he had never met a stranger.
Noah is sunshine in human form : funny, reckless, endlessly kind, and far too good to be true.
Charlie knows better than to fall for him.
She does it anyway.
As summer slowly turns into the school year, what begins as an ordinary exchange abroad becomes something far more complicated: stolen moments, impossible feelings, friendships that feel like home, and the painful realization that love alone isn't always enough.
Some people teach you how to fall in love.
Others teach you how to survive after it.
A coming-of-age romance about healing, grief, chosen family, first love, and learning that the right person isn't always the first person you love.
#Friends to lovers • #Summer romance • #Exchange student • #Slow burn • #Emotional healing • #Found family • #Dual love story