Rip It

Seal Dana was once a thriving surfside town — until the recession stole its future and scattered its families. When Haven Gray’s father left and her mother spiraled into alcoholism, Haven was left behind to scrape together a life from the pieces they abandoned.

With the steady kindness of her neighbor Ms. Grace and a fierce determination to escape, Haven clung to one dream: leave Seal Dana behind forever and start over with her best friend, Sam. But when Sam takes a summer opportunity in New York, Haven finds herself stuck in the town she promised herself she'd outrun — skating through the ruins of her old life, alone.

Then Tristin shows up.
Striking, restless, and completely out of place, Tristin is used to losing interest quickly — in places, in people, in anything that feels too heavy. But Haven, with her sharp edges and fearless skateboarding heart, pulls him in like a rip current.

As the summer heat blurs into something deeper, Haven faces the hardest choice she’s ever known: run toward the future she always planned — or stay and fight for the unexpected love, and unexpected life, she never dared to hope for.

In a town full of ghosts, Haven has to decide if she's brave enough to build something real.
Sometimes, the bravest thing you can do is stay.