Lake Rules: Soak up the sun. Sit under the stars. Don’t fall back in love.

Miles and Avery seemed like the perfect couple when they met a decade ago while working at a lakeside resort in Maine. For one magical summer, they were like blueberry pancakes and maple syrup. But at summer’s end, things turned sticky when Miles abruptly ended things. They haven’t spoken since. When the resort’s owner suffers a family emergency, both Avery and Miles return to the lake to help open the resort for summer. 

After selling her stationery business and leaving her cheating fiancé, Avery is all about playing it safe. She wasn’t expecting to see Miles until the fall wedding of their mutual friends—with people around to buffer the shock. His ten years of silence still stings, and she isn’t interested in giving Miles and his big dock energy another chance. As long as she keeps him at a canoe paddle’s distance, they won’t have to dredge up their past before she starts her MBA in the fall.

Miles grew up on the lake and is now a tech entrepreneur and semi-famous serial dater living in New York. He’s bought Avery’s favorite lake house and is hoping to open a bereavement camp on the lake. Avery’s the only woman who ever understood him and he’s determined to make up for past hurts. If he can remind her of everything they had that summer and show her what they could have again, he might get another chance.

Despite their messy past, Avery can’t deny Miles remains the same intelligent, kindhearted soul who showed her the stars ten years ago. It’ll take another summer to figure out if they’re friends, lovers, enemies, or ghosted exes. Can they put aside their heartbreak and help the people they love without their history floating to the surface?

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What I’m working on

“Skipping a Beat” is a finished first draft, currently being edited