For competitive surfer Claire "Pepper" Patton, the waves
of
South Carolina’s Folly Beach once held the promise of a
loving future and a bright career—until her fiance,
Foster,
broke the news that he and Claire's best friend, Jill,
were
in love.
Eighteen years later, now forty-two and a struggling
single
parent to a rebellious teenage daughter, Claire has put
miles between that betrayal and that coast. But when ESPN
invites her back to Folly Beach for a documentary on women
in surfing, Claire decides it might be the chance she
needs
to regain control of her life and reacquaint herself with
the unsinkable young woman she once was.
But not everything in Folly Beach is as Claire remembers
it,
most especially her ex-best friend, Jill, who is now
widowed
and raising her and Foster’s teenage son. An unexpected
reunion with Claire will uncover a guilt that Jill has
worked hard to bury—and bring to the surface years of
unspoken blame.
When Claire crosses paths with a sexy pro-surfer who is as
determined to get Claire back on a board as he is to get
her
in his bed, a chance for healing might not be far behind—
or
is it too late for two estranged friends to find
forgiveness
in the place that was once their coastal paradise, where
life was spent barefoot and love was as dizzying as the
perfect wave...