Riptide

"I will wait for you all summer and every summer after if I have to." Competitive surfer, Kenna Calvin has one last summer in Channel Islands, California. Between her horrible family and the constant obstacles she faces with people from her past, Kenna is willing to take any distraction she can. Though, the last thing Kenna Calvin wants is to settle down and get into a relationship. Kenna can't even correctly describe the word "Love" given her broken home, and she has no desire to anyways. Surf Shop owner, Wes Carter's main focus this summer is to maintain his Dads' Surf Shop, unable to uphold any distractions. But Wes finds it difficult to stay focused when all he can think about is the girl who he keeps running into. Wes is well aware that Kenna doesn't want to settle down, Wes is also aware he wants Kenna to be able to describe the word "Love" and he wants to be the reason she can.

two boys. two houses. two hearts. Seventeen-year-old 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 has a long stretch of boring, lonely summer ahead of him. So when a new boy his age moves in next door, he sees an opportunity -- for what, he doesn't quite know yet. Meanwhile, 𝗝𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿 just wants to move on from his haunting past and get a fresh start in his new home. He doesn't expect his new, annoyingly attractive neighbour to get in the way of that. Funny how time has a way of changing even the stubbornest of hearts. And, in the same way, has an awful way of breaking them. [mature for themes of self-harm and domestic violence]

Summer. It's a time to hang out at the beach and live life to its fullest. But what if that's not what you want. What if you want to relax in the comfort of your own home rather than go out all night. That's Tessa for you. She loves the comfort of just watching Netflix and reading a book. Nonetheless she finds herself in a beach city, helping out her uncle for the summer. She still thinks her summer is going to stay the same, but what happens when she meets a surfer dude who can't help, but get under her skin. Will her hatred for him lead her to do things she never thought she would do to prove a point? Will she realize what she feels for him isn't just hate anymore, but possibly love. Who knows, but what she ends up learning is that there is no better time to see the world than now.

☆ 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 @𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 ☆ Sun, sea and surfing...it's Skye's version of paradise - so why does everything start falling apart when she finally thinks she's found happiness? ***** Skye Jameson had it all: brains, beauty, loving friends and family, hundreds of followers on social media...that is until she threw it all away, because she realised that everything she was doing with her life was merely what other wanted her to do - Skye was lost, and so she left her home, and all her loved ones, in order to find herself. Just 22-years-old, Skye sets off from her home in Miami, Florida, to California, where the surf is perfect - the ideal place to find yourself. When she eventually arrives in California, thousands of miles away from her home and everything she's ever known, it finally feels like she's where she's meant to be...especially when surfer Reiley spikes her interest. In this summer romance, follow Skye as she finds out who she really is, and where her place is in the world. {Contains mature content} 🥇 #1 in THE CELESTIAL AWARDS - Romance 🥈#2 in THE BLUE AWARDS - New Adult 🏆 Best NA Romance Award in @NARomance THE ROMANCE FICTION AWARDS 📜 Longlister in @NARomance THE ROMANCE FICTION AWARDS - 130 longlisters out of 900+ entries Credits to @TheEnigmaticJesse for the beautiful banners! #1 in vanlife - 10/11/20 #1 in campervan - 10/11/20 #1 in upbeat - 10/11/20 {{Status: Complete~Edited}} {{Word count: +50,000}}

Easton Moore is back...and I'm his fake girlfriend. After leaving for the professional surfing tour the morning after we slept together, my childhood best friend became the person I never wanted to see again. Now he strolls back into Sandy Cove when I'm at my lowest point. My house and the coffee shop I run is being taken away from me unless I can afford to buy it off my mother. And Easton offered to help me, so long as I come on tour with him and pose as his fake girlfriend. What could go wrong?

Valerie O'Conner has a pretty good idea of how her summer will go, and it revolves around three very simple activities: sunbathing, working at the local ice-cream parlour, and daydreaming about a world where Logan Mathews doesn't get his way. What she isn't exactly prepared for is a British tourist with a habit of pushing her out of her comfort zone. It doesn't take long for Alastair Sullivan to decide that his entertainment in sleepy Sandy Cove will be helping the town cynic find love. When Valerie's life is turned upside down by a series of promises, she's forced to battle with what she really believes in. A Young Adult story of personal growth, conflicting feelings and a whole lot of romance. Highest Rank: #37 in teen fiction.

A story about a girl who used to admire the waves. Her life used to revolve around swimming and surfing. From all of what Aster Hughes has been through a deep past made her fear getting close the things she used to do. Going back to the place where it all started, he met a new boy that would crash into her life, bringing a certain type of passion and giving her life some kind of twist, excitement, and challenges that would change her world into its axis. Will the two of them find their ways to get out from what's keeping them stuck or they would just go on pretending, forever. Tied in Tide

Lexi's a surfer and surfing is her passion, but a new boy comes to town bringing a certain type of passion, a certain type of love she's been craving . Her past broke her but little does she know his past broke him too. Both scarred by love but ready to mend the past, but giving your heart to someone to heal the past won't hurt, or will it? ( cover by @samlubooks) *Not edited, most likely will be mistakes* #2 - surfing { 14 / 10 / 20 } #1 - newguy { 29/12/20 } #1 - surfer { 05/08/21}

Liam thought that the only significant event that would ever occur in his life would be his parents getting a divorce. But that's where he was wrong. Suddenly, Liam's average Australian teenage boy life is thrown up into the air when he and his mum decide to move to California. Liam finds himself with a buzzing social life that he never had before and of course, a beautiful girl living next door. Will the craziness of teenage life get in the way or will one shake be all it takes? *AUTHOR'S NOTE* I just wanted to say that I'm sorry to anyone who was waiting for me to take this story further. I feel like I hit a bit of a brick wall. I love this story, it was the first time I started writing for me and not for school. I was getting some major writer's block when it came to this story which felt weird because the creative juices had been flowing up to this point. I love this story and the characters and I finally realised that any writing I tried to force out would be really bad quality and that it could ruin the story. I do realise that this is very frustrating; I would be annoyed if someone did it to me. But I really think that in this case, less is more. I may come back to this story one day, but I make no promises. I feel like my time with Liam and Saskia has come to an end. They can enjoy their summer in peace! Basically, this is just a feel-good summer read, and I hope I've brought you some enjoyment at least. xx RomanceWriter2000 :)

"This is a story about our love. An intoxicating, fast-paced love that didn't think of time as a source of measurement over the course of a summer that changed my life forever. "A love that resembled a firework. It went up with a bang - outbursts of colors, sounds and emotion - but only out with a short fizzle. An outline of smoke, with the ashes on the ground as the only telltale sign that we actually had something." ~~~~~~~~~~ « further description inside » #2 IN YOUNG ADULT (2/20/20) #6 IN #SUMMER (4/8/19) #93 IN TEEN FICTION (3/25/18) #97 IN TEEN FICTION (3/22/18) #263 IN TEEN FICTION (3/6/18) #647 IN TEEN FICTION (2/23/18) #674 IN TEEN FICTION (2/20/18) #853 IN TEEN FICTION (2/18/18) (An Ex-Featured Wattpad Pick)