Once Upon Our Summer

xo_marshy 1 story

Summary

She wanted Paris. She got Hawaii. She wanted the perfect summer. She got him. * * * * * Eighteen-year-old Nessa Moreau never wanted to spend her summer in Hawaii. But her mom's final decision left her no choice. Then she meets Slater Ross. Her arrogant, infuriating next-door neighbor has absolutely no interest in falling at her feet, and Nessa can't stand him for it. He's everything she should stay away from: reckless, hot-tempered, complicated, and carrying a life far messier than anything Nessa has ever known. When Nessa enters Hawaii's Coconut Beauty Pageant, she'll have to master everything from dancing and horseback riding to volleyball and the one thing she's spent seven years avoiding… Swimming. So when her father hires Slater Ross as her tutor, Nessa is furious. The arrogant boy next door is the last person she wants teaching her anything. But spending so much time together has a dangerous way of turning irritation into attraction, and attraction into something neither of them can easily control. Somewhere between heated arguments, stolen moments, and a summer neither of them expected, the line between hate and desire begins to blur. Nessa has a boyfriend. Slater has every reason to keep his heart locked away. And neither of them is prepared for what happens when wanting each other becomes impossible to ignore. Because this isn't just the summer Nessa never wanted. It's the summer that will change her family, break her heart, and leave her wondering if some summers are meant to be remembered forever.