The Ryder Bay series continues in this story about Jace and Scarlett, aka Bass and Lettie. If you read the Boys of Summer Riptide novela you got a preview into this one. 

When Jace makes one bad decision too many, he is shipped across the country to live with his mom’s cousin until he can learn to straighten up. At his new school, Jace finds some kids he fits with, until lunch, when he is busted for having a vape pen that’s not even his. Not wanting to become a nark on his first day, he takes the punishment and gets a day of dentition, along with the message to stay away from those kids and make new friends. When he gets out of detention, Marshall is there to pick him up and lecture him, telling him he needs to hang out with a different crowd such as Griffin’s girlfriend Savannah, along with her friend Harley and their crew. Not wanting to make friends but keep the calm he’s like whatever and goes to his room.

Lettie is having her own bad first day. Starting high school, she thought she would have at least one friend, come to find out that over the summer her friend decided she wanted nothing to do with her and made new friends, the popular kind, who go out of their way to make fun of Lettie for being a loner and bookworm. 

Lettie and Bass have still been emailing back and forth with each other and growing closer until Lettie starts getting confused by having feelings for Jace and feeling like she is cheating on Bass. 

Jace, not wanting to tell Snap Dragon about Lettie and his confusing feelings, starts slacking off on his emails to Snap. That all changes when he tells her if she misses her email buddy that she needs to write him and tell him that. So she does and ends up giving off enough clues that Bass figures out that Snap Dragon is Lettie, but he doesn’t know how to tell her he’s Bass without causing problems between them. 

When she finally decides to tell Bass who she is, and he decides to come clean as well, when Reed comes in a screws it all up. But that’s all I am saying about that, you will have to read to find out for yourself what happens. 

What another great read by Jordan. I loved the interactions with previous characters, but I think Harley and her stubborn streak just might be my favorite. 

Publication Date: July 20, 2019 Pages: 398 Kindle Edition YA Summer, Friends, Family