Currents
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  • Wattys winner
  • Reads 7,488,606
  • Votes 238,394
  • Parts 40
  • Time 7h 34m
  • Wattys winner
Complete, First published Jun 17, 2014
Mature
Rose had planned the perfect summer, and those plans didn't involve Brent -- a handsome but hostile lifeguard.                                                                                                                      

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British socialite Rosalie Harrington enjoys the power and respect that her position as Queen Bee brings, so she's horrified to hear that she'll be spending the summer in a remote American coastal town. With opportunistic friends and a rocky relationship, it's the worst time to leave London, and she drags her heels all the way to the Outer Banks.

One day into her so-called holiday, a careless mistake has Rosalie fighting against a rip current. Fortunately, the local lifeguard is on hand to help. Brent might be an expert at saving troubled swimmers, but he is drowning in problems of his own and is far from impressed by this tourist's recklessness. 

The two of them couldn't be more different, but their attachment to the beach forces them together and sparks fly as they try to ignore the sizzling chemistry that soon develops.  

Rosalie and Brent are both about to learn that it's not just the ocean where there is more beneath the surface than meets the eye.


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