Saltwater & Second Thoughts

Book 1 The Coastal Crew Series

She quit her life to come home. He never stopped waiting. Can fifteen years of distance be bridged in one summer?

Maya Sterling is drowning in a life she never wanted. As a marketing lawyer in Boston, she's successful, miserable, and so lonely she's forgotten what it feels like to belong. When a fifteen-year-old pact brings her back to her coastal hometown—and the time capsule she buried with her five best friends—she tells herself it's just a visit.

Jake Patterson never left. He runs the family surf shop, walks his golden retriever Cooper on the same beach where he fell for Maya, and has spent fifteen years pretending he doesn't still think about her every single day. When she shows up for the reunion, he's determined to keep his distance.

But some connections can't be buried forever.

As Maya reads the letter her teenage self wrote—a confession of love she never had the courage to speak aloud—she realizes coming home might mean more than facing old friends. It might mean choosing a completely different life. One with Jake at the center of it.

Except Maya has always been good at running. And Jake's been hurt before.

Can two people who missed their chance fifteen years ago finally get it right?

Perfect for fans of Emily Henry, Abby Jimenez, and swoony second-chance beach romance.