• Age: 16 to 18
• Grade: 11 to 12
• Reading age: 16 to 18

In the small North Island town of Winter Haven, Tyler Martin is bored to death. But when fate intervenes and she's saved from drowning by a mysterious man who turns out to be Devon Lecusken, the town's prodigal son, Tyler soon finds herself head over heels in love. But, trouble has followed Devon home, and in a town where he's still persona non grata, Tyler has her work cut out for her.

Your first love is never easy, especially when he's as aloof, troubled and indifferent as Devon Lecusken.

So what happens when the good girl falls for the bad boy?

Mell McKenzie presents Winter Haven: a novel.

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Mell Mckenzie is the author of the critically acclaimed Winter Haven: a novel, and its sequel, North Island. She lives in Toronto, where she works in Information Services, and obsesses over life. To find out more on her work, please visit her website.

"This is a lovely coming of age story"--Laura Carter for Reader's Favorite

"Older teenagers will relate