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Eliana Brooks left Carmel, California when she was fourteen. Six years later, she’s back. She’s older. Hotter. More confident. And completely over her childhood crush on her brother’s best friend. Or so she thinks. Zane Carter used to be the cocky teenage boy who spent every summer at the beach with Ellie and her brother. Now he’s twenty-three, tattooed, working at the local boxing gym, and unfortunately still has that stupid fucking smirk that Ellie remembers way too well. The only problem? He’s taken. And her overprotective older brother would probably commit a felony if he ever found out what kind of tension exists between them. Then there’s Rory, Ellie’s chaotic New York best friend, who has absolutely no intention of letting Ellie pretend she doesn’t still have feelings. Summer in Carmel was supposed to be relaxing. Instead, it’s turning into a fucking disaster. Childhood crushes. Second chances. Beach parties. Bad decisions. One overprotective brother. And way too much sexual tension. Sometimes going home means finding out that the person you left behind isn’t the same person you remember. And sometimes… neither are you.