Blake thought she'd found the perfect escape at her family's lake house—until Wyatt Graham walks in and reminds her why she spent years trying to forget him. He's older, he's trouble, and he once made her feel small when she had the courage to confess her teenage crush. But now, with both of them older and carrying their own scars, the charged tension between them is impossible to ignore. What starts as a reckless kiss becomes a dangerously intense summer romance neither of them expected, full of Elle Kennedy's signature banter and steam. When heartbreak threatens to end it all, Blake and Wyatt have to decide whether fate is offering them a genuine second chance—or just one more beautiful goodbye.

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Summer tension, late-night confessions, and the blur between friendship and desire. Think sultry indie-pop, sensual R&B, and acoustic vulnerability—artists like SZA, Clairo, and The Weeknd. Yearning meets combustion. Heat building slowly through golden hours into scorching nights.