The Way It Was

Nothing can break the bonds our hearts create.

In the summer of 1988, sixteen-year-old Samantha Temple had no choice but to move to the unknown and mysterious town of Merrowley. She hated it, but soon found love and everything changed.

It was strong, beautiful and meant to last...

But it didn’t.

On a warm day in 2010, in her mother’s attic, Samantha uncovers a truth kept hidden from her for over twenty years. Her discovery not only resurrects the summer she believed locked away but also her repressed memories and feelings.

Catapulted down memory lane, Sam tries to piece together her past and find the one that left her heartbroken all those years before. Through her own uncertainties and fears, she retraces her steps. What she discovers will both shatter what’s left of her relationship with her mother and estranged sister, but will also reopen her heart to something familiar and powerful.

First loves are never easy. Neither are second chances.