Beyah arrives at the ocean's shore to spend her last vacation before college with her father, his wife, and her daughter, burdened with a secret weighing on her heart. Raised by a drug-addicted mother, Beyah fought hard to finish high school and earn a scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania, but her life changes due to her heavy secret, forcing her to spend the summer with her father. On the Bolivar Peninsula, she meets Samson, a mysterious boy who captures her heart and helps her escape from her personal island, though he comes from a past difficult to embrace.

In this novel, Colleen Hoover offers more than just a summer love story. She provides a glimpse into parental influences, parental failures, maternal selfishness, and human attempts to swim against the tide.

Colleen Hoover is a bestselling author on the New York Times lists. She has published twenty-four novels and novellas, with her works classified under young adult, contemporary romance, and psychological thriller genres. Her novel Heart Bones has been translated into fourteen languages.