Spring Tide by Ki Stephens EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Author: Ki Stephens
- Language: English
- Genre: New Adult & College Romance
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HARPER
THE BEACH never used to be my favorite place. The coarse scratching of
sand on my thighs. The grainy, unnerving squish between my toes. The icecold salt water splashing in my eyes.
It was pure torture. Until one day, it wasn’t.
I remember it so vividly, that summer day when I turned sixteen. It was
the day I decided that the beach was my salvation.
It all started with a boy, of course. A much older boy who gave me my
first kiss. An innocent game of truth or dare in the basement of his parents’
house. But then that dreamy college freshman, the one who spouted empty
promises, would end up sleeping with someone else.
And I would end up crying on the beach alone, wondering where I went
wrong.
Until the moment I saw them—the electric-blue waves that lit up Cape
Casserat. It was natural bioluminescence, a rare sea sparkle caused by
microscopic plankton. But for me, in that silent crestfallen moment, it was
pure fucking magic.
I’ll never forget the way I felt that night, staring out at the bright blue
shore. The truth, my undeniable truth, hit me like a tidal wave. This life is
too damn good, too beautiful, to cry over greasy boys with sloppy tongues.
I didn’t grow bitter that night. I didn’t lose my faith in relationships or
decide that boys simply aren’t worth my time. Rather, I learned that it’s
okay to like something and then lose it. To love and then let go. Because
something beautiful, something brilliant, is waiting just around the corner.
Now, six years later, I still carry that little piece of wisdom with me.
Instead of tucking her away in a spare corner of my heart, I wear her
proudly.
“Heads up, Harper!”
My gaze cuts to the left, arms raised to catch a wayward volleyball. It
sits heavy in my hands as I turn it over. My heart sputters, fingers
drumming in time against the patchwork leather, a quick repetition of three
soft beats.
So I guess he does know my name. Nate Gunderson, Coastal U’s star
baseball player and sunshine in human form. The curly-haired senior who
spent his summer hanging out at Amber Isle: playing volleyball, drinking
beers, and tanning those glorious abs.
My bare, sand-covered toes tap against my lifeguard stand. Nearly
giddy with anticipation, I straighten my posture as he approaches, his lips
turning up in a genuine smile.
“Nice catch, Harps,” he says, charming me with a casual nod of his
head.
Oh wait, was that a nickname?
“Thanks for the warning,” I chirp back, gazing down at him. “I probably
wouldn’t have caught it, but I was watching you play. I mean, not you
specifically—your friends.” My fingers nervously twitch against the ball.
“You guys come here a lot.”
His grin widens. “Aren’t you supposed to be watching the water?”
“Oh!” My knee is bouncing now, cheeks tightening with an unabashed
smile. “I can watch both. I’m a great multitasker.”
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