title: Safe to Shore
author: Bublitz, Kirsten
description: Mila De Luca's life has been the same routine for the past four years: studying classes, waitressing at her father's Italian bistro, photographing noteworthy Lake Huron sunsets, and trying to forget Westin Pierce. Upon entering into her senior year of high school, Mila is tired of living life in the shadows, and she's looking to make up for all the days she spent working for her father and all the nights she spent wandering the walking paths of her lakeside home, Mackinac Island. Through one courageous move, Mila enters the high school world she never experienced, a Friday night house party, which would push Mila to amend her relationship with Westin and introduce her to people that would change her life, one being fun-loving, island native, Carson Whelan. Carson lives life without a care; in short, he is the complete opposite of Mila. The two surprisingly become quick friends, and so, Mila enters a new world of making her senior year one to remember, building new relationships, discovering the calming truth of the Lord, God, finding surprises about who she is, where she came from, and where she'll go next.
  