WRITTEN IN THE SAND
by T.A. Foster and Mary Kathryn Craft

 October
2014

 

 

Two love affairs. One hot summer.

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Blair is determined to stay on course. Her reporting career is waiting for her if she can just make it through summer on the island.

Justyn knows not to get attached to tourist girls breezing through town for only a season.

Maggie wants to cherish her last few months of summer freedom. So what if she has to keep a tiny secret to make sure everyone around her stays happy?

Reid doesn’t have time for romance. His new business must succeed, no matter the cost.

This summer everything is about to change. All those carefully laid plans might shift faster than the tides. When these four start spending time together, the island nights get hotter than the sun-drenched days. Trying to stay untangled and unattached is easier said than done when the one thing you want is standing right in front of you.

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“All, I’m saying is that they keep asking us out, but then nothing ever happens. All he does is flash me smiles. Moonlight cruises, dancing in Beaufort, drinks out on the boat, and then…crickets…nothing. I don’t get it. This doesn’t happen to me.”

“Are you forgetting the pact already? It’s only been a week.”

Blair had retrieved her tweezers from her cosmetic bag and was critically studying her brow line. “No, I didn’t forget the pact, but seriously, I thought they were going to be more fun than this.”

“Ugh. That was the whole point of the pact—just summer fun—no entanglements. Just enjoy hanging out with Justyn and stop worrying if he’s going to kiss you or not.”

“Kiss me? If that’s all I get out of this, then it will be the biggest seduction fail in history.”

“Blair!” Maggie squealed in the shower.

“Sorry. Just being honest. I should at least get some this summer if I’m going to be stuck on the island.”

“Ok, we need to reprioritize your goals but we don’t have time for all of that before he gets here. Can you at least pretend to have a good time tonight?”

She exhaled into the mirror as she wiped on a second layer of mascara. “For you, I can. But he better try to kiss me tonight or I’m not going on any more ofhese stupid cruises. He didn’t try anything the other night. Not when we were dancing, not when he left me on the couch. Nothing.”

“Well, you were a little tipsy.”

“I was fine. I only had one drink. I mean it. Last cruise.”

“Fine. Whatever. Can you throw me my towel please; it’s on the hook behind the door.”

Blair lifted the towel from the hook and placed it in her outstretched hand. “I’m serious. No more cruises.”

She huffed out of the bathroom and embarked on the mission of finding the most alluring and seductive summer outfit in her closet. Nothing she had worn so far had worked. And she had never had to work for a guy’s attention before. It usually landed in her lap in the form of endless free drinks, unwanted texts, cheesy pickup lines, and the occasional awkward mis-grope. Blair wasn’t even sure if she wanted Justyn’s company for what was left of the summer, or if she just wanted to know he wanted her. Either way, she was giving him one last chance tonight.

She pulled up the strapless black dress. Perfect. If he can keep his hands off me in this, then he’s gay— definitely gay.

“You’re wearing that? On a boat cruise?” Maggie stared at her

“It’s cotton. Cotton’s a summer fabric.” Blair smiled.

“Well, if you want to send him a message, you’ve got it,” Maggie called as she headed toward the stairs.

“I do. If he doesn’t get it, then no more cruises or clambakes or whatever the island match-makers have up their sleeves.” Blair twirled a bit in the mirrorand smiled at the hem of the dress. The black layers barely brushed the tops of her thighs. “This will work though.”

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AUTHOR INFORMATION:

T.A. Foster is Southern girl whose heart and spirit are connected to the beach. She grew up catching rays and chasing waves along the North Carolina Outer Banks and now resides in the state with her adventurous pilot husband, two children, and two canine kiddos.
She has an undergraduate degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a graduate degree in Educational Psychology from Texas A&M University.

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Mary-Kathryn Craft spent her childhood summers vacationing on Harkers Island, North Carolina. There she fell in love with the Cape Lookout beaches and learned about the power of a good story from the island old-timers.
With degrees in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of South Carolina, she now works in public relations in Columbia, South Carolina with her husband, daughter, and shiba inu.

Twitter Link: https://twitter.com/MKCraft
Written in the Sand is more than fifteen years in the making. Tucked away in boxes and buried deep on hard drives, pieces of Maggie and Blair’s story sat untouched for years before the authors rediscovered the work in progress. They knew it was time to revisit the island and give Maggie, Blair, Justyn, and Reid a summer to remember.