From the New York Times bestselling author of Beach Colors and Breakwater Bay comes this unforgettable storyāreminiscent of Kristin Hannahās beloved novelsāof friends, loyalty, and love as three women who are reunited in the idyllic beach town where they grew up are forced to re-evaluate their bonds.
Fifteen years ago, seventeen-year-old Vanessa Moran fell in love and lost her virginity but not to the same boy. Pregnant, desperate, and humiliated, she fled friends and family and Whisper Beach, New Jersey, never breathing a word about her secret to anyone. She hasnāt been back since. Now a professional Manhattan organizer, she returns to the funeral of her best friendās husband. She intends on just paying her respects and leavingāthough she canāt deny she also wants the town to see how far sheās come as a successful business woman. But her plans to make this a short visit fall by the wayside when her girlfriends have other ideas.
Dorie, the owner of the pierās Blue Crab Restaurant where Van and her friends worked as teenagers, needs help. Dorieās roving husband spends every penny they make and now their restaurant is failing.
Joe, the boy Van left behind without an explanation, has never stopped loving her. While heās wary of getting hurt again, he also canāt help wondering what would happen if they took up where they left off.
As the summer progresses and the restaurant takes on a new look, trouble comes from unexpected sources. For Van, this summer will test the meaning of friendship and trustāand how far love can bend before it breaks.