“Bursting with the magic of first love, it’s everything I want in a summer romance.” —Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling author of EVERY SUMMER AFTER Named a Best Book of Summer by Real Simple • Reader’s Digest • Country Living • The Skimm • BookBub • GoodReads Beach Rules: Do take long walks on the sand. Do put an umbrella in every cocktail. Do NOT run into your first love. Sam’s life is on track. She has the perfect doctor fiancé, Jack (his strict routines are a good thing, really), a great job in Manhattan (unless they fire her), and is about to tour a wedding venue near her family’s Long Island beach house. Everything should go to plan, yet the minute she arrives, Sam senses something is off. Wyatt is here. Her Wyatt. But there’s no reason for a thirty-year-old engaged woman to feel panicked around the guy who broke her heart when she was seventeen. Right? Yet being back at this beach, hearing notes from Wyatt’s guitar float across the night air from next door as if no time has passed—Sam’s memories come flooding back: the feel of Wyatt’s skin on hers, their nights in the treehouse, and the truth behind their split. Sam remembers who she used to be, and as Wyatt reenters her life their connection is as undeniable as it always was. She will have to make a choice. “Summer Break Out Pick” for Good Morning America Featured on The View A LibraryReads Pick A Real Simple Must Read Book of the Summer A Glamour BookTok Book That Will Be Blowing Up Your FYP this Summer A Country Living Best Romance Novel of the Year A Reader’s Digest Best Beach Read for the Perfect Escape A The Skimm Read That Belongs In Your Beach Bag This Summer A Zibby Owens Most Anticipated Book of the Year A Reader’s Digest New Summer Book That You Won’t Be Able to Put Down A CBS News’ Beach Bag Book from the CBS New York Book Club A The EveryGirl Book to Read When You Don’t Want Summer to End A Brit+Co Best Book of the Year A Southern Bride Best Beach Read A USA Today Romance to Read If You Can’t Get Enough of ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Books “ Bursting with the magic of first love, it’s everything I want in a summer romance.”—Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling author of EVERY SUMMER AFTER “Utterly charming….Should go directly into your beach bag.” —Elin Hilderbrand, author of The Hotel Nantucket “This book has magic in it, encapsulating those big, heady first-love feelings, and it simply feels like summer.” — USA Today “This may be the ultimate summer beach read.” — Real Simple “Annabel Monaghan is topping the list as our new favorite romance author…. This just might be the ultimate beach read of 2023.” – Country Living “This one has “Sweet Home Alabama” energy with a Hamptons twist; we binged it in one day.” —The Skimm “Take the first love butterflies of The Summer I Turned Pretty but fast forward a decade.” —Betches “[A] fun and breezy beach read that’ll bring out your wild side.” — Parade “A perfect-for-the-beach summer romance.” — Popsugar “I inhaled this book in two sittings to get to the bottom of their story: It is, as I said when I blurbed it, everything I want in a summer romance.” —Carley Fortune, New York Times Book Review “Emotional love stories are my favourites and this one is pure summer escapism.” —Paige Toon, author of Only Love Can Hurt Like This “The ultimate beach read, this heartfelt and romantic story will transport you to a place filled with ocean breezes and the crash of waves.” — Reader’s Digest “Annabel Monaghan delights with her bright, sparkling, witty writing style that makes everyone want to be her best friend.” —Katie Couric Media “ Honestly, I will read every single thing that Annabel Monaghan writes until the end of time….Add in Monaghan’s sharp-shooting wit and writing, and just don’t blame me if you neglect your work and family to turn page after page.” — Nerd Daily Annabel Monaghan is the New York Times bestselling author of It’s a Love Story , Summer Romance , Same Time Next Summer, and Nora Goes Off Script , as well as two young adult novels and Does This Volvo Make My Butt Look Big?, a selection of laugh-out-loud columns that appeared in The Huffington Post , The Week, and The Rye Record . After twenty-five years in the suburbs of New York City, she now splits her time between Connecticut and Florida. Her novels have been translated into twenty-two languages. 1 You can't turn around once you're in the tunnel. There's no U-turn, no off-ramp. You're literally stuck under the East River. This fact exhilarated me as a kid. Next stop, Long Island . At the first sight of sunlight at the end of the tunnel, I felt the city melt away. I cracked the window, popped a juice box, kicked off my shoes, and stretched my legs across the backseat. As an adult, entering the Midtown Tunnel makes me feel sort of trapped. The traffic slows to a standstill as we merge onto