Red Camaro Summer (1987)

By Brad Stokes

Red Camaro Summer (1987)
A bittersweet coming-of-age romance set against the neon glow of Myrtle Beach, for fans of heartfelt summer love stories, mixtapes, and the kind of connection that never really fades.

He loved her in silence for years.
She just wanted to feel something real.
One summer, everything changed.

Bryce Miller has always been the guy in the background. The steady one. The fixer. The ride home. The friend. He's spent years loving Shan Kelly from a quiet distance, quietly aching for the girl who never saw him that way-watching, waiting, hoping. But now that high school is over and summer's fading fast, he realizes something terrifying: if he doesn't speak up, he might lose her forever.

Shan Kelly is beautiful, chaotic, and heartbreakingly lost-cycling through bad relationships and emotional landmines like it's a sport. She's the girl who always looks like she's having the time of her life-laughing loud, living fast, and throwing herself into the moment like nothing can touch her. But behind the perfect hair, the killer smile, and the sarcastic comebacks is a girl silently screaming. Confused. Misunderstood. And like most teenagers, quietly carrying more than she lets on.

After a fiery argument with her boyfriend, Shan does what she always does: runs. But this time, she runs straight to Bryce, and the two take off in a rebuilt '81 Camaro Z28 named Kimmy-bound for Myrtle Beach with no map, no plan, and no idea what comes next.

As the summer unfolds with late-night drives, boardwalk lights, first kisses, and songs that speak the words they're too scared to say, they'll discover that sometimes the right person has been there all along.

But love-especially real love-is never simple. And some chapters don't come easy.

This is the story of a boy who waited too long... and the summer he finally decides not to.

For fans of Nicholas Sparks, Jenny Han, and coming-of-age romances that leave a mark, Red Camaro Summer is a nostalgic love story about the one who got away-and what happens when they finally don't.

Nostalgic, raw, and emotionally charged, Red Camaro Summer is a story about the power of timing, the fear of falling, and the kind of love that leaves a permanent mark.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F2GSGCWG
• ISBN13: 9798315296867
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"