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This is a heartfelt paranormal romance centered on a summer relationship between two teenage boys. The story emphasizes emotional connection, consent, and working through heartbreak with honesty and maturity. LGBTQ+ themes are central and affirming rather than tokenistic. The primary conflict—a supernatural being bound to leave—creates wistfulness but no graphic danger.
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The sea holds many secrets. Kevin Luong walks to the ocean's edge with a broken heart. Remembering a legend his mother told him, he lets seven tears fall into the sea. "I just want one summer—one summer to be happy and in love." Instead, he finds himself saving a mysterious boy from the Pacific—a boy who later shows up... The sea holds many secrets. Kevin Luong walks to the ocean's edge with a broken heart. Remembering a legend his mother told him, he lets seven tears fall into the sea. "I just want one summer—one summer to be happy and in love." Instead, he finds himself saving a mysterious boy from the Pacific—a boy who later shows up on his doorstep professing his love. What he doesn't know is that Morgan is a selkie, drawn to answer Kevin's wish. As they grow close, Morgan is caught between the dangers of the human world and his legacy in the selkie community to which he must return at summer's end.
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- Juvenile Fiction
- Bisexual teenagers
- Fantasy
- Young Adult
- LGBTQ
- Fiction
- Bisexual youth
- Summer romance
- Gay teenagers
- Gay youth
- Fiction, fantasy, general
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ISBN 9781941530481 · Interlude Press - Duet Books