Nantucket Red

Cricket Thompson has spent her life working toward a goal, and it has worked: a lacrosse spot and a near-full scholarship at Brown await her. The catch is that the scholarship leaves no room for dorm life, so she faces four years at home. To fund a fuller college experience, she returns to Nantucket for the summer to earn money.

The island is not the quiet job she expected. Art, travel, and an unfamiliar vision of her future begin pulling at her. Ben, a surfer and bartender, pushes her to loosen up, while she struggles to watch Zack, her first love, fall for her biggest rival.

One night, Cricket breaks every rule she has set for herself, and she worries that a single impulsive choice has put her carefully planned future at risk. She has to fight for what she wants and learn that success means more than meeting goals, including paying attention to her own feelings.