South Carolina • 1990s Nostalgia • Slow-Burn College Romance • Found Family • Emotional Intimacy
Shelby Marsh has spent eighteen years becoming exactly who her mother wanted her to be.
College is her first real chance to decide who she wants to become.
Tanner Cole has built his life around discipline, certainty, and a future he can't afford to lose.
The connection between them is immediate and terrifying in completely different ways.
Walking away should be easy. It isn't.
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Reader reactions
“I'm full blown obsessed with this story! I devoured it.”Katie B.
“The slow burn was killing me, but in a good way.”Lacey S.
“These chapters had me smiling, gasping, and kicking my feet, literally.”Ashlie M.
“This really is a coming-of-age story in the truest sense, not just about falling in love with someone else, but about that weird, messy, beautiful season when you’re figuring out who YOU are outside of everyone else’s expectations.”Jennifer B.
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