UNDER THE GULF COAST SUN
By Skip Rhudy
Romance / Coming of Age / Surfing
Publisher: Stoney Creek Publishing
Pages: 266
Publication Date: April 22, 2025
Book Campaign Highlights
"What an entertaining read! A true destination romance, Under The Gulf Coast Sun took me to Port Aransas, a place I haven’t been, and to the nineteen seventies, a time not-too-far gone yet a whole lifetime ago." ~Carpe Diem Chronicles
"Set in the 1970s, this book covers new love, decisions, women's rights, and dreams." ~StoreyBook Reviews
"A lovely young adult romance featuring the mid-1970s surfing culture in Port Aransas and a made-for-each-other romance!" ~Boys' Mom Reads
"Under the Gulf Coast Sun is a love letter to youth in all its imperfect beauty, to the unhurried world before connectivity, and to having the bravery to reach out for what you want and hold on tightly." ~Jill Anderson
"...the perfect summer read for people who like their romance a little bit gritty..." ~Bibliotica
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ABOUT THE BOOK: This coming-of-age tale set against the sun-soaked beaches of 1970s Port Aransas, Texas, is a love letter to the people and culture of the Texas coast and the enduring allure of the Gulf of Mexico.
Eighteen-year-old Connor O’Reilly isn’t ready to leave his beloved hometown until the tourist girl he met the previous summer, Kassie Hernandez, returns to Port Aransas for one final vacation before college. Their tumultuous summer fling is wrecked by a freak accident in which Connor is lost at sea. His long years of surfing and fishing in the Gulf, as well as Kassie’s desperation to reunite with him, are pitted against the enormity and utter indifference of the sea.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Skip Rhudy grew up surfing in Port Aransas, Texas. He has translated poetry and prose from German to English, and translated Wolfgang Hilbig’s novella Die Weiber for his master’s thesis in 1990 at the University of Texas. His short stories were published in numerous small press magazines in the mid-1990s, and his novella One Punk Summer was published in 1993 and reprinted in 2021.
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