by Abbi Glines
Part of Rosemary Beach, book 9
First published 2014
Tripp Newark walks back into Rosemary Beach after five years of traveling the world. He gave up millions in inheritance money to escape his parents' demands that he become a lawyer and live their version of the perfect upper-class life. The wealthy members of Kerrington Country Club see him as a rebel hero. They don't know the real reason he ran away. Bethy Lowry works as a cart girl at the same country club, serving drinks to people who will never accept a trailer park kid like her. She's built a reputation for drinking too much and sleeping around. Her boyfriend recently drowned trying to rescue her from a riptide after another night of heavy drinking. But Bethy was falling apart long before that tragedy. Five years ago, before either of them became who they are now, Tripp and Bethy spent one summer together. That summer changed everything for both of them. Now they're face to face again in the same small beach town where their story began.
Genres: romance, contemporary-romance, second-chance, new-adult-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, second-chance-romance
Setting: Kerrington Country Club, Rosemary Beach
Period: Five Years Ago
258 pages · Kindle Edition · Atria Books
Content warnings: alcohol-abuse, depression