The Summer My Life Began

One summer can change everything...BOOK ONE: Ems parents have her life mapped out for her: an internship at her fathers firm a degree from Harvard and a career as a lawyer.The only problem is its not what she wants.So when she gets the opportunity to spend a month with a mysterious aunt she jumps at the chance.Then theres the laid-back local surfer boy who is everything Em isnt and exactly what her parents dont want for her. Naturally she cant resist him. And for one single month shes living life free of her strict upbringing.But when Em uncovers a long-buried secret about her family everything changes. Suddenly she finds herself making some big choices about her future--choices she never dreamed shed have the chance to make...BOOK TWO: Gwenny is the party girl who has officially made one too many mistakes. All she wants is a second chance and a place where shes no longer invisible. Hoping for a fresh start she joins her sister on a secluded island off the coast of North Carolina. The last thing she expects is a sexy and sweet musician to stroll into her life...Levi is an international music star who hasnt composed a single note in nearly a year. An invitation to spend the summer on a secluded island might be just the thing to blast through his musical block and finally move beyond his secretive past. Yet Levi discovers more than a spark of inspiration on the sunny sands.He meets a blue-eyed muse who makes him think about much more than music or secrets...But what do you do when fate intervenes and the one person you fall in love with is the one you cant have?