BT

Y/N never thought she’d return to Hawaiʻi. After her parents’ bitter divorce tore her family apart, she was forced to leave behind everything she loved—including her childhood best friend, Ikaika “Kai” Kameāloha, the boy she almost gave her heart to. Four years later, at twenty-one, she’s back on the island to live with her mother’s side of the family, hoping to rediscover the home she never stopped missing. But Hawaiʻi hasn’t stood still. Kai has grown into the island’s golden boy—an admired surfer, lifeguard, and the kind of man everyone knows and loves. Seeing Y/N again stirs feelings he thought time had buried, even as his ex-girlfriend, Alana, realizes she’s not ready to let him go and begins fighting for the future she still dreams of. As old memories resurface through sunlit beaches, family gatherings, and endless ocean waves, Y/N and Kai are forced to confront the love they never confessed and the years they lost. But with lingering heartbreak, complicated relationships, and the fear of being left behind once more, they’ll have to decide if first love is worth a second chance. Because sometimes, no matter how far the tide pulls you away… …it always finds its way back home