Avery Lane had a plan: survive the move to a sleepy beach town, avoid forming any real attachments, and return to New York with her future intact.
But that was before Blake Carter.
Before the late-night walks, the almost-kisses, the secrets whispered in salt and silence.
Before one summer turned into something that felt dangerously close to real.

Then came the goodbye neither of them really said.

Months later, when Avery returns to Cape Haven with the intention of letting go, she finds out Blake never stopped waiting - not really. But time has a way of changing people. And love, the real kind, doesn't always wait quietly.

Now they're faced with a different kind of choice:
Hold on. Let go.
Or figure out how to write a new story... one chapter at a time.

A slow-burn, second-chance romance full of awkward glances, beachside longing, and the kind of love that asks you to stay - even when it's easier to run.