jace sparks is an ordinary 16 year-old girl who grew up in new york with her best friends, jeremiah and conrad fisher. when she started spending the summers with the fishers in cousin beach, she also got close with belly and steven conklin. these summers are all jace would dream of, each summer was almost exactly the same, and she liked it that way. but this summer she knew there would be change. this summer, her feelings for jeremiah enhanced. will this summer be pretty, or pretty ugly for jace?