One Summer with You

Eighteen-year-old Maggie has always survived by maintaining strict self-control. After growing up in a chaotic foster care system, she built a protective wall around her heart. Her world finally stabilized when she was taken in by her guardian, Rachel. That was where she met her best friend, Owen, holding tight to a safe, unrequited love for him.

Maggie never planned on spending her final summer before college in Laguna Beach with Daniel Langston. When Rachel takes a sudden job in London, Maggie must go stay with Daniel for a couple of weeks. She just needs to wait there until Rachel is settled.
Putting two fiercely independent, strong-willed people under one roof instantly sparks a volatile tension. Daniel is a walled-off, brilliant twenty-three-year-old executive drowning in his own unresolved grief, while Maggie is a brash, sharp-tongued force who refuses to be controlled. At first, they are ready to kill each other. But as the summer heat intensifies, their explosive arguments transform into an undeniable, electric chemistry.

Some relationships come with invisible lines, and once crossed, everything changes. As Maggie and Daniel surrender to a passionate affair, Maggie finds herself letting down her guard for the first time in her life. But their stolen fairytale is built on fragile ground. With a looming departure for college and the dangerous, unhinged obsession of Daniel's ex-girlfriend lurking in the shadows, their new beginning is on a direct collision course with a devastating tragedy.

In this emotionally gripping, bittersweet romance, Maggie is forced to discover if her hard-won inner strength is enough to survive an earth-shattering loss. Healing takes time, but as the pieces of her broken life begin to settle, Maggie discovers that a happy ending is still possible—it just might not be the one she originally planned.