When the rest of the world goes to sleep, what do you do with the quiet hours of the night? For as long as she can remember, nights have always been Auden's time. While her parents fight and her peers navigate the messy drama of high school, Auden stays awake, using the dark hours as a chance to escape her demanding, high-pressure life. She has spent her entire teenage years being the perfect, studious daughter, completely missing out on the carefree fun of growing up. But when she decides to spend the summer before college in a picturesque beach town with her father and his new family, everything changes. There, she meets Eli, a fellow insomniac who is carrying his own heavy burdens. Eli quickly becomes her nocturnal tour guide, taking her on midnight adventures to experience all the childhood milestones she missed out on. With an endless supply of summer nights stretching out between them, Auden begins to let her guard down. This is a beautifully written story about second chances, healing past wounds, and the magic that can happen when you finally allow yourself to just be a kid.