Seashells and Other Souvenirs

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(31 31 31 1)>When Alex's idyllic past starts to slip like sand through her fingers will one summer be enough to calm the waters of her unsettled heart and bridge the ocean between bygone days and the present?</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Alexandria Henry's childhood was nothing short of a dream-a huge extended family three best friend cousins and a yearly beach vacation filled with family Olympics crab hunts talent shows and tiny boxes of cereal. It's no wonder then that at twenty-one she's struggling to let go of the past.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Desperate to preserve her family's history and sort through unresolved feelings for a boy she hasn't seen in years she packs up for the summer to document the island she and her cousins grew up on together. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>But when she runs into Jude Alford-a long lost friend and the quiet younger brother of her teenage crush-and starts recreating her childhood traditions with him she begins to wonder if what lies ahead could be as beautiful as the memories she holds so close. Will a handful of sunny weeks a Carolina beach and a friend with a past he'd rather forget be what Alex needs to make peace with the future and finally move forward? Or will she remain stuck on an island of her own fear and loneliness? </span></p><p></p>