Summer Clayton Sanders has always just been part of my life. He's my best friend's older brother, Kingston U's star quarterback, and somehow the guy every girl on campus wants. But to me, he's just Clay. The boy who surfed with me every summer and sat in the back of his pickup eating Cheetos while our boards dried in the sun. Then one stupid party changes everything. Now we're stuck somewhere between friendship and something more, hiding stolen moments and undeniable tension from the one person we can't afford to hurt. But secrets never stay buried forever. And the more time I spend with Clay again, the more I realize some people might be worth risking everything for. Clay Summer Lawson is back in my life. My little sister's best friend. The girl I used to pick up before sunrise to surf before school. The one person I never saw coming. Now she's here for her junior year, and suddenly staying "just friends" doesn't seem so simple anymore. Because one stupid party changed everything. Now all I want is to be close to her. To touch her. Kiss her. Keep her safe. But the lines between us are blurring fast, and the voice in the back of my head keeps reminding me what's at stake. Abby. Football. The NFL draft. Losing any of it isn't an option. But maybe Summer is the risk I've been willing to take all along.

Isla Daniels grew up with saltwater in her veins. Surfing was never just a hobby in her family-it was everything. Her parents lived for the ocean, and Isla was standing on a board before she could even spell the word wave. But no one loved the water like her older brother, Cameron. Golden boy. Local legend. The kid everyone on the North Shore swore would go pro someday. People said he was fearless. Untouchable. Born for the sea. Then one stormy night, Cameron convinced Isla to sneak out for one last surf. He told her the waves were perfect. Isla watched her brother disappear beneath the water that night. He never came back up alive. Two years later, Isla hasn't touched a surfboard. She avoids the beach, ignores the competitions, and tries not to think about the life she lost with Cameron. Then Finn Walker shows up. Charming, reckless, and already becoming the town's newest surf obsession, Finn takes a job at her dad's surf shop-and somehow crashes straight into Isla's carefully guarded world. Finn makes her want to surf again. Want to compete again. Want to feel alive again. But the ocean already took one person she loved. And falling for Finn might be just as dangerous as facing the waves.