A firecracker bookworm. A Neanderthal surfer. One unforgettable summer.
Seventeen-year-old Cat Kelty should be spending her last summer before Year 12 buried in books, prepping for the future she’s determined to claim. Instead, she’s trapped in a house with rowdy brothers, mortifyingly affectionate parents, and a cantankerous Nonna.
Then, to make things worse, Paul GD Lightwood — a walking surfer god, King of the Neanderthals, all abs and an infuriatingly disarming smile — shows up to work for her father.
Cat’s plan is simple: escape this testosterone-fuelled town and never look back. But life — and Paul — have other ideas.
Salty hot chips, beach parties, swimming beyond the breakers — Summer, in Between is a funny, heartwarming story about first love, family, and finding out where you belong.
Young Adult, YA, Rom Com, Coming of Age
About The Author
Holly Cardamone is a Melbourne-based author and communications specialist. Her writing has appeared in publications as diverse as bridal tomes and in fashion magazines, in trade publications and in the large dailies.
Her debut novel, Summer, in Between was the 2024 winner of the Hawkeye Publishing Manuscript Development Prize.
Holly was a finalist in the Romance Writers of Australia Sweet Treats 2024 Anthology and has been long and short listed in a number of national writing awards.
She’s a mother of two, wife to a devilishly handsome Carlton Football Club tragic and slave to the most beautiful boy in the world, Buddy the Australian Shepherd.
She’s also a voracious reader who has been known to mumble ‘just one more page’ on more than a handful of occasions.
