The Boy Across the Water

Beth Taylor hated Noah Hale, the boy who lived on the other side of the lake. At least, she did when they were nine. But as the years passed and fate kept pulling them together, animosity gave way to a friendship that ran deeper than either of them could have imagined.
At seventeen, Beth saw through the town’s lies and gossip to the truth: Noah wasn’t just the brooding boy with a chip on his shoulder. He was a boy surviving hell in a place that was supposed to be his home. That summer, they fell hard for each other. It was supposed to last forever.
Until one morning, Noah was gone. No goodbye. No note. No explanation.
Years later, he returns to Stillwater, Minnesota. Only now, Noah Hale is one of the most famous movie stars in the world, a man marked by past scars and battles with addiction. And Beth must decide if the boy she once loved still exists inside the man standing before her.
In the quiet, snow-dusted streets of their hometown, Beth and Noah are forced to confront old wounds, buried truths, and the undeniable pull of a love that has never let go. But when a life-altering event threatens to shatter everything they’ve rebuilt, they will face their greatest test yet.
Tender, sweeping, and deeply human, The Boy Across the Water is a story of second chances, the power of forgiveness, and a love strong enough to weather even the coldest winter.