Barefoot Angels

Ellie Pennington has lived by the beach her entire life. The ocean has become a part of her: there hasn’t been a day in the past three years she hasn’t woken up and seen the sun rising over the glistening blue water, not a moment that she hasn’t taken a breath and reveled in that sweet, salty ocean smell. And she can’t remember the last time she wore shoes.

Jonah Jackson has never stayed one place for long. He’s lived in seven different states, thirteen different houses, and has yet to stumble upon that one place that feels like home. He hasn’t learned how to trust, hasn’t learned how to love...but when his father sends him to Cedar Beach, North Carolina, to spend the summer with his older brother, Ellie just might have to be his saving grace.