After finding out her boyfriend of three years cheated on her on his spring break trip, Aliyah Redding ditches Colorado to spend the summer with her dad in North Carolina. She hasn't seen him since he walked out on her and her older brother, Andy, four years ago when Andy turned eighteen. Not that their dad being gone made much of a difference for them.She's in need of a getaway, and spending the summer on the beach seems like the perfect plan. What she doesn't expect is to be living next door to an insanely charming, irresistibly handsome boy her age who doesn't take no for an answer. Aliyah wasn't planning to make any amends with her dad or any friends that would keep her in New Haven, but it seems like the little beach town has other plans for her.