Ride the Wave of Love: Why "The Surface" Should Be Your Next Wattpad Obsession If you've been searching for a romance that crashes over you like a perfect barrel wave; fierce, beautiful, and impossible to forget then Paula Phillips' The Surface is the story you need to dive into right now. And the best part? It's completely free to read on Wattpad. Set against the jaw-dropping backdrop of Hawaii's legendary North Shore, The Surface follows Skyler Paula Sailsbury, the world's most celebrated female surfer. She's got it all: the sponsorships, the magazine covers, the title of "Golden Girl." But Phillips peels back the glossy exterior to reveal a woman standing at a crossroads, haunted by fear and the crushing weight of perfectionism. Skyler isn't just preparing for the biggest heat of her career at the infamous Pipeline , she's fighting to rediscover who she really is beneath the brand. Enter Liam Cross, a gorgeously scruffy surf p...

Taking the Plunge: Why I Released My Surfing Romance on Wattpad There's a specific kind of terror that exists when you hit "publish" on something you've poured your heart into. It's not the peaceful silence of a quiet morning. It's the heavy, pressurized quiet right before you find out if anyone will actually read what you've written , if the story that kept you up at night will resonate with anyone beyond your own imagination. I just experienced that feeling with The Surface , my new surfing romance that's now live on Wattpad. Writing this story felt different. Maybe it's because I've always been drawn to the ocean that raw, unforgiving force that doesn't care about your plans or your fears. Or maybe it's because Skyler's journey mirrors something I think we all face: the pressure to be perfect versus the courage to be real. The Surface follows Skyler Sailsbury, the world's most celebrated female surfer, who's drownin...

The Dasher: Cindy’s Version Cindy Kehagiaras (Tennent Surf, #2) Publication date: October 9th 2024 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance Lisa—My business is failing, my father disappeared, my brother is lazy, and my uncle just mansplained me—again. Ben is nothing I want right now, but he might be everything I need.” Ben—My new brother-in-law, the legendary “Zen Shredder,” is making me launder my karma which is bullshit and interesting. The coolest man on the planet just married my spreadsheet-loving sister and is about to save Tennent Surf Company, making him Lisa Tennent’s hero. I’m the one who should be her hero, yeah, me, a tattooed ex-con with anger issues. I’ll show her my friendship and loyalty and return her magic. “The Dasher” is a friends-to-lovers, single father, over 40 romance sequel to “The Perpetual”- with GenX pop culture references and lessons in self-love as we age. Goodreads / Amazon — EXCERPT: Lisa Tennent is the heiress of the “Tennent Surf Company...

      Review: Malibu Rising - Taylor Jenkins Reid - June 2021 I had heard about this book and this author and it has been sitting on my to-read list for a while now and as Carrie Soto is Back was creeping closer, I figured I would read this one now. The book starts by introducing us to Nina Rivera - she is married to Brandon who is a tennis player and currently cheating on her with fellow tennis star Carrie Soto. It is the night of their annual Rivera party, that celebrities from all over and it's a who's who event. Nina isn't in the mood but this party will be the defining moment of her life and will set a ripple effect on her life. Nina is the oldest of her siblings and she has been raising them herself since she was 17 as her mother killed herself and their father - a popular musician has been an absent father. Nina's siblings include Jay, her half-brother Hudson and Kit. During the party though, the family will grow an extra couple of members as we have newcomer C...

The Other Brother Jax Calder Publication date: January 12th 2022 Genres: Contemporary, LGBTQ+, New Adult, Romance, Young Adult What happens when you fall for the one person you can’t have? Ryan has had seventeen years of being compared to Cody, part of his toxic fractured family, so you’ll forgive him for some epic eye-rolling when it comes to Mr Perfect. Although not related to him by blood, Cody has always been annoying background noise in Ryan’s life. It doesn’t help that Cody’s a high achieving musician, while Ryan’s life ambition doesn’t extend past catching the next wave. One summer changes everything. It’s the summer when circumstances collide, and Cody and Ryan end up spending time together at Cody’s family’s beach house. It’s the summer Ryan teaches Cody to surf and Cody teaches Ryan to play guitar. It’s the summer when they become friends. And then more than friends. But when summer ends, Cody and Ryan are forced back to reality, where they must hide their relati...

Review: Surfer Girl - Book #1 Misfits - Lynn Blackmar - July 2012 Arena Schmidt just wanted to be a normal college student and study her degree and then her roommate talked her into a night partying which ended up Arena and her friend being attacked and Arena stealing a hoverboard and riding it to save her friend which of course she couldn't as she crashes. The next thing she knows, Arena wakes up and is given two choices to become a secret agent for the CIA or go to prison and ruin her life for "stealing" government property despite her good intentions. With Arena's skills, she didn't realize but the CIA has kept an eye on her as they wanted to recruit her as an agent and her roommate was undercover and is a Special Agent. However, right now with Arena's skills as a surfer - they are more interested in teaching them how to hoverboard and how it works as no-one else has had as much success in managing and riding them, not like Arena - who just hopped on and we...