Hannah Kensington was almost fifteen when she met Ryan Matthews across a tiny gas station booth on Reisterstown Road. He was nineteen, blue-eyed, long-haired, and impossible not to notice.

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What followed was a summer of first love, Ocean City bike rides, music, boardwalk memories, and moments that made Hannah feel seen in a way she never had before.

But Ryan never said the words she longed to hear.

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As distance, silence, and heartbreak settled between them, Hannah was left with a question that would follow her for years:

 

What did she really mean to him?

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The Summer I Met Him is Book One of the First Love: A Memoir series—a heartfelt story about first love, heartbreak, memory, resilience, and the person we never quite forget.