Her Perfect Guy Came From The Ocean

Your childhood best friend is slipping away into the arms of gorgeous stranger. But the woman who might replace her keeps showing up at your door.

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Pacific Cove, California.

A beach town small enough that everyone knows everyone. Where the ocean smell is permanent and the tourist season is the only thing that changes.

You and Carys Griffith grew up one block apart.

She was the girl with choppy blonde hair who beat you at every video game. Took you out on her surfboard before you were strong enough to paddle back. Cried when the turtle eggs didn't hatch and stayed up all night reading about what went wrong.

You shared middle school secrets, high school disasters, and summers.

Her laugh was the loudest thing on the beach.

When college came, she stayed.

Pacific State University. Marine biology. Everything she'd ever wanted.

You went somewhere else.

You still talked. Texted. Saw each other at Christmas and spring break.

But the daily drift set in. You stopped knowing the names of her classmates. She stopped knowing yours.

Coming home in the summer mattered.

But this summer, something's different.

She met someone.

Makoa Kaimana. A transfer from Hawaii. Tall. Tattooed. Charm you can't fake.

When you're with her, she's still Carys. Same jokes. Same shoulder punches. Same girl you grew up with.

But when Makoa shows up, things shift.

She's quieter around him. Softer. She gives him less shit than she's ever given anyone.

She says they're friends.

But the way she leans into him says otherwise.

And now there's Coraline Deepwell.

She just arrived in town and hates everything about it.

The heat. The air. The people.

She's beautiful and cold and completely unsuited for beach town life.

She doesn't go to school. Doesn't work. Won't explain what she's doing here.

But she keeps finding you.

Shows up where you are. Refuses to ask for help. Refuses to leave you alone.

Carys is drifting toward someone else.

Coraline is anchoring herself to you.

And neither woman is being honest about why.

•°·.·°• Characters •°·.·°•

Carys Griffith (20): Your best friend since childhood.

Makoa Kaimana (22): A transfer student who Carys has been getting close to. (SPOILER PIC)

Coraline Deepwell (24): The new girl in town. Kind