Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781368108591
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2025
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US


Description:
A romance author takes a trip to her childhood beach home, but her summer is upended by the startling return of a deceased childhood friend, newfound love, and . . . sea monsters?




"Unique and utterly heartwarming" - Ruby Dixon




"Emily Jane is a storyteller unbound by genre" - Rebekah Bergman




From the author of On Earth as It Is on Television...



A romance author takes a trip to her childhood beach home, but her summer is upended by the startling return of a deceased childhood friend, newfound love, and . . . sea monsters?




"Unique and utterly heartwarming" - Ruby Dixon




"Emily Jane is a storyteller unbound by genre" - Rebekah Bergman




From the author of On Earth as It Is on Television...




At age ten, Jenni Farrow and her new best friend, Timmy Caruso, enjoy a glorious summer on Pearl Island filled with fireworks, beach days, and carnival rides (not to mention that strange sea creature they rescue from a tide pool). Then, one late summer day, Timmy disappears.




Thirty years later, Jenni-now Jenn Lanaro, bestselling author of the Philipia Bay action-romance series-is desperate to escape the fatigue of her career and her soon-to-be-ex-husband. With her Pokemon-obsessed kids in tow, Jenn rents a summer house on Pearl Island. But shortly after she arrives, a boy emerges from the nighttime sea. His name, he says, is Timmy Caruso. He's ten years old. He's on a mission to save the world, and he needs her help.




In the days that follow, as Jenn grapples with work deadlines, spirited children, and her burgeoning interest in a v