Soary was only in town for a few days to help his mom move. One smile and an invitation to lunch set him on a detour. Meeting the love of her life was not in Gwen’s carefully made plans. But when Soary crossed her path at the Riverwalk she willingly gave over her heart. As long summer days flowed into warm nights, they determined to forge their futures together. Then Soary simply disappeared from her world. Crushed, but determined to build a future without him, Gwen focused on her studies, her career, and on being a survivor—alone. Until Jason. His knock at Gwen’s door opens her world, and she opens her heart to love again. On the brink of a brand new life, she comes face to face with her past and is forced to make decisions she never imagined making.
Come Back is a heartbreaking love story that reaches deep into the core of what makes us human.
Lily and Kat planned for this to be the best summer of their young lives. They pack their bags and take off for California to follow the Lollapalooza music festival. Their only goal: listen to good music, meet new people, and relax before heading off to college. Lily hadn’t expected to meet the most beautiful boy in the world the first day out.Wade needed to forget about the fights with his dad about college and his future. He joins Spencer and the guys following Lollapalooza as a way to pass the summer. Good music, good friends, and sweet freedom. Then he meets Lily. Suddenly the only thing he wants is to spend the summer, and maybe his life, with her.Juliet can’t believe her dumb luck. How can a girl who doesn’t have any family except her mom and her not-really-aunt answer the question “Who am I?” She’s spent the first twenty-one years of her life ignoring the fact she doesn’t know her father. So when she stumbles upon a photograph from a music festival, her world flips upside down and changes everything she thought she understood about her life and her mother.
Summer of ’92 is an epic story about families; the ones that are chosen for us, the ones we lose, and the ones we choose.
In life, there are moments that not only change our course, but set us on unexpected paths, for better or worse.
Vivian Lukas Sloan was crumpled behind the school gym, beaten and bloodied, when I fell head over heels in love with him. That moment changed my life. And I’d do anything to protect the boy I loved, even lie to the police.
Lukas Vivian Brock was everything a guy like me could want and more. When I hit rock bottom, she stayed with me. Let me know I was never alone. I’d do anything to protect the girl I loved. She’ll never be alone, even if I can’t be with her.
No matter how planned out life is, there’ll always be hard decisions to be made. Those moments; those decisions ultimately define who you are and the direction your life will take.