Introducing the Manatee Bay series, a brand-new adventure where sun-soaked beaches, dreams, love, and courage to believe in it create bonds and memories to last a lifetime... This is the Prequel to the Treasure Seeker Beach Romance series. The invitation to study at the prestigious Paris Opera Ballet changes eighteen-year-old Annie Williams' life forever. Freshly graduated from high school and ready to put a dead-end relationship behind her, Annie is prepared to spread her wings and conquer the dancing world. Roger Davies, kind, handsome, with a heart of gold - everything a girl her age could ever want in a boyfriend - never really swept her off her feet. > Or so she thought...