Synopsis
Mackenzie “Mac” Cabot is a people pleaser. Her demanding parents. Her prep school friends. Her long-time boyfriend. It’s exhausting, really, always following the rules. Unlike most twenty-year-olds, all she really wants to do is focus on growing her internet business, but first she must get a college degree at her parents’ insistence. That means moving to the beachside town of Avalon Bay, a community made up of locals and the wealthy students of Garnet College.
Mac’s had plenty of practice suppressing her wilder impulses, but when she meets local bad boy Cooper Hartley, that ability is suddenly tested. Cooper is rough around the edges. Raw. Candid. A threat to her ordered existence. Their friendship soon becomes the realest thing in her life.
Despite his disdain for the trust-fund kids he sees coming and going from his town, Cooper soon realizes Mac isn’t just another rich clone and falls for her. Hard. But as Mac finally starts feeling accepted by Cooper and his friends, the secret he’s been keeping from her threatens the only place she’s ever felt at home.
Thoughts
Book one in the Avalon Bay series was a good one! This series has been in my TBR for too long, so I am hoping to get through it before summer’s end. This first book felt a bit slow, but it also felt appropriate for a summer holiday read. Sometimes it is nice to change up the pace. The small-town setting and good girl x bad boy romance was enjoyable. I look forward to reading the remaining two books.
This or That
Beach Getaway or Mountain Retreat?