Here Beside the Rising Tide

The USA Today bestselling author of On Earth as It Is on Television returns with an earnest, humorous novel on the pressures of adult life, the magic of childhood, and what swims in between. As a lonely ten-year-old resident of Pearl Island, Jenni Farrow befriends Timmy Caruso and together they enjoy a glorious summer of swimming, fireworks, and carnival rides. (Not to mention rescuing a strange sea creature from a tidepool).

Then, one late summer day, Timmy disappears. Thirty years later, Jenni - now Jenn Lanaro, bestselling author of the Philipia Bay action-romance series - is desperate to escape the fatigue of her career and her soon-to-be-ex-husband. With her Pokemon-obsessed children in tow, Jenn rents a summer house on Pearl Island. But shortly after she arrives, a boy emerges from the nighttime sea.