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Beyond The Waves

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Reads 195,721
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Parts 29
Time 4h 45m

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Ivey Pierce is an explorer, and thanks to her career as a wildlife biologist, she does not stay stationary for long. But when her parents die in a terrible accident, and her childhood home is left vacant for two years, she returns to the tattered memories concealed inside the house on Clifton Bay.

Everything is the same: the salty scent, lush scenery, and talkative town. 

Yet, one thing is new-the man across the bay, whose dock faces hers. 

Each evening, she watches her new neighbor sit with his dog and a cup of coffee, then disappear during the day. He is the only person who does not know her business, and she knows nothing about him.

It is not until she gets hurt and discovers he is Weston Turner, the new Nurse Practitioner in their coastal town. Soon enough, they are swept up in one another's current, trying to stay afloat.

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Short novel [roughly 55-60k words]

Copyright of Anna Steffey
All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.All Rights Reserved

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Washed Up by heyhannahj

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Worth The Risk by dreammcatcher

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Between The Vows by rachannewrites

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Colby Brock: Tidal Wave (COMPLETED) by prettybiitchhh

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Riley Olson has moved approximately 17 times in her life, and this summer will bring Move Number 18. After she decides to drops out of college, her parents send her to Long Beach Island, New Jersey to spend the summer with some old family friends. Riley has no desire to spend the summer on a remote beach in New Jersey, but since quitting college, she doesn't have much of a choice. She's destined to spend her summer working in a pizza shop and sweating too much, with absolutely no idea of what her future holds. What Riley doesn't expect is to meet someone who manages to break down every wall she's carefully built. Ross Montgomery has lived on Long Beach Island, New Jersey his entire life. Ross's family has faced many hardships in the past few years, so he stayed at home to take care of them. Even though he knows he's doing the right thing, sometimes he still longs to travel, explore, and experience the world. That's why he applied for a year-long global service trip. Now he has to decide whether he'll leave his family behind to see the world or stay in the same small town he's lived in all his life. When he sees Riley Olson on the beach on the first day of summer, he doesn't know that she'll change his entire worldview and challenge him to live the life he's only imagined. But there are only 93 days in summer, 93 days until they both have to decide what their futures hold, together or apart. Short Story || Romance || Chicklit || Young Adult || New Adult || Beach Fiction Awards: First Place in the Amore Awards Second Place in the Penguin Awards Second Place in the Wood Awards Third Place in the Eclipse Awards