THAT ONE SUMMER

A Tuckaway Bay Prequel/Short Story

He’s the one who got away. She’s the one who couldn’t commit. 

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Twenty years ago, Lia Langston left Tuckaway Bay, leaving behind friends, a good job offer, and the young man she’d fallen in love with that summer. The breakup hurt them both—but she was expected back home in Chicago where a job was waiting. From there, she meandered through life—marriage, a child, divorce, career—yet, there was one constant. She never missed the annual week at Sea Glass Cottage in Tuckaway Bay with her college girlfriends.

Same week, same beach house, same beach town. The routine was safe and predictable. By the time beach week rolled around every year, she was more than ready.

Until this year.

When Zach Allen—the young man she left behind—steps back into her life, she must face the twenty-year-old consequences of her leaving. Will Tuckaway Bay allow her a second chance to make things right?

COMING JUNE 2021