In Sarah Grunder Ruiz’s sweet summer fling of a short story, a neurodivergent heroine meets a kind out-of-towner who’s just what she needs to shake up her life—and makes her feel like she’s finally on solid ground.
If you ask Beck Penrose, Florida summers aren’t relaxing so much as roller coasters of sensory overload.
But her nervous system settles down with Lucas Holiday, a travel blogger who gets her like no one else does. It’s easy to say yes to living like tourists for a weekend.
But it’s harder to say goodbye when that weekend comes to an end.
