Sam McAllister lives a disciplined life in Manhattan with a stable fiancé and a high-pressure job in human resources. When she returns to her family’s beach house on Long Island to plan her wedding, she encounters Wyatt Turner, the man who broke her heart fourteen years earlier. Sam spent her teenage summers as a creative songwriter alongside Wyatt, but she has since suppressed that artistic side of her identity. As she navigates current wedding preparations, she finds her organized adulthood colliding with the memories of her first love and the music they composed together.
This story serves readers who enjoy second-chance romance and narratives centered on reconciling one’s teenage identity with adult expectations. It appeals to those interested in the tension between perceived security and emotional authenticity. Readers walk away with a depiction of how early relationships shape personal development and how physical locations can trigger long-buried personality traits. It provides a specific look at the internal conflict between choosing a predictable, safe partnership and returning to a complicated but creatively fulfilling past.
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
