Ceiling of Amber/Until the End of Summer — Elisabeth Ogilvie

Clarie loved Paul.

But when she left the mainland after her father's dead, Paul dropped her -- for another girl.

Clarie won't go back to him now. She just wants to live with her mother and brother, on the island where she grew up, and leave Paul behind.

Besides, there's Jamie, gentle and caring.

And…there's Ross, sturdy and strong.

Sometimes he makes Clarie mad, but she's sure of one thing; when she's with him, Paul seems very, very far away.

So Clarie is not happy when her mother talks of moving back to the mainland. Can she face Paul again? And must she leave the island and Jamie…and Ross?

Clarie Tanner was convinced that she and her brother, Brian, should carry on their father's lobster business, although she was aware that Bennett Islanders opposed winter lobstering for a 19-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy. Once Clarie made up her mind to do something, she was sure she could sweep everybody else along.

If her decision to return to Bennett's Island after her father's death was involved with the ache Paul Ryder had left in her heart, she wouldn't admit it, even to herself. Only Ross Bennett knew about her feelings for Paul, and advice from Ross, who seemed to be continually riding herd on herself and Brian, was the last thing Clarie wanted.

But as the icy days of winter brought new problems to the Tanner family, and near disaster to the Tanner boat, Clarie worried. Maybe it was too much for her to handle.

This spirited new teenage romance of Bennett Island is fresh with the salty atmosphere of Maine.