From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fourth Wing comes a new contemporary romance about the summer a celebrated dancer returns home and unearths years of family secrets and deep regrets with the Coast Guard rescue swimmer she never forgot.
Elite ballerina Allie Rousseau is no stranger to pressure. With her mothers eyes always watching, perfection was expected, no matter the cost. But when an injury jeopardizes all shes sacrificed for, Allie returns to her summer home to heal and recover. But the memories shes tried to forget rush in and threaten to take her under.
As a Coast Guard rescue swimmer, Hudson Ellis knows that hesitation can mean the difference between life and death. Hes always prided himself on being in the right place at the right time, especially when it came to Allie Rousseau
until the night he left for basic. After the biggest regret of his life, the secrets he keeps mean he can never be with the one woman he wants more than his next breath.
When Hudsons niece shows up on Allies doorstep, desperate to find her birth mother, Allie finds herself in an unimaginable position. Allie and Hudsons past and present might be endlessly complicated. The thread that tied them to each other all those years ago may have unraveled, but the truth could pull them back together, or drive them apart forever.
