Between the Waves

What if surviving a devastating loss wasn't enough, and the real courage was learning how to live again?

Two years ago, Margo Collins lost everything in a single, sweeping moment when life as she knew it was ripped from her blood-stained hands. She has learned to survive, but not to live. When a reluctant weeklong bachelorette trip to Charleston throws her back into the world she has been avoiding, she meets Anderson Rhodes-a man she can't outrun.

When Anderson Rhodes shows up, their connection is immediate, disarming, and impossible to ignore. He makes her wonder if, maybe, she's still capable of feeling something real again. But the past doesn't loosen its grip easily. Every step forward forces Margo to confront the choice she has been avoiding: to keep surviving in the shadow of the past, or to choose life fully, messily, and bravely between the waves.

Between the Waves is a novel that blends the intimacy of romance with the introspective nuance of grief and identity. Margo's journey is not defined by loss, but by what comes after. It highlights the quiet, messy reclamation of hope. It is a love story in every sense: romantic, yes, but also a story of friendship, of reconciling past and present selves, and of daring to become the person we are brave enough to be.

For readers who loved The Last Letter, Every Summer After, and Love and Other Words, this emotionally rich debut invites you to fall not just for two people-but for a love story woven between friends, between past and present selves, and between who we once were and who we're brave enough to become.

Will she stay trapped in the tide of grief, or risk everything to embrace the life waiting between the waves?

Author: LIV Arnett
Publisher: Self Publish
Published: 01/28/2026
Pages: 372
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.83d
ISBN: 9798993520001

About the Author
Arnett, LIV: - Liv Arnett is a debut author and lifelong reader who writes romance with wit, heart and a touch of sarcasm. She loves exploring the euphoria of falling in love, often through dual perspectives that give readers a glimpse into both sides of a story. Traveling inspires her writing, and she draws as much from real-world experiences as she does from imagination. When she's not crafting love stories, Liv is an attorney, a wife, and a mom to two little ones. She's also a dog mom to her golden retriever and enjoys jetskiing, boating, music, drawing and photography. Endlessly curious, she loves learning new things and doesn't shy away from a good debate. Her stories aim to make readers feel seen, understood and swept away by the joy and complexity of love and human emotions.

This title is not returnable