Waiting for Summer

Twenty-six-year-old Tanya Reese Morgan should have moved to Florida with her parents and left Mick Leighton and the memories behind. That would have been the smart thing to do—and she is a smart woman. Smart enough to take charge of their Seaside family business and turn the dated bar and grill into a trendy pub. But that was the driven, hard-working, professional Tanya. The brokenhearted Tanya, full of secrets and stubborn pride, didn’t know what was good for her. If she did, she would have severed all ties with Mick, kissed her beloved Jersey Shore good-bye, and started a new life a thousand miles from the past. If she were that smart, she would have heeded her father’s warning long ago and steered clear of Mick Leighton in the first place. But how do you part ways with the man you still love even though he’s crushed all your dreams? At seventeen, it was easy for Tanya to believe that Mick was just waiting for her to grow up. It was even easier for her to defy her parents and spend a blissful summer in his arms. The hard part was discovering that her father had been right all along. As summers come and go, each one a bittersweet reminder of the love they once shared, Tanya Morgan and Mick Leighton—the man she can’t forgive—go on to lead separate lives in their small coastal community. Mick only wishes he knew why…