Latina Harmen knew she was going to hate Missouri. “There’s nothing in Missouri!” She had told her father when he announced they were to spend the summer there. And now she knew she had been one hundred and ten percent right.

Latina had taken for granted that she would enjoy another happy summer vacation with her friends at the beach at Periwinkle Cove. But no! Instead she’ll be stuck in a hick town with no one around but her boring parents and bratty brother.

How could she have guessed the beauty that lay waiting for her in those dark, brooding hills? How was she to know that she would meet Tully, whose friendship would forever change her heart?