Where the Tide Returns

A clean, later-in-life romance about second chances, small-town armor, and the terrifying difference between being needed and being wanted.

He left twenty years ago. She never asked why.

I run the hardware store in Tiderow - the same one I've been running since my father died and his wife tried to take everything. I know every aisle. Every regular. Every creak in the floor. I know how to fix anything in this town except the part of me that broke at fifteen.

Eli Thorne was my best friend before either of us understood what that meant. Then he joined the Navy, and I told myself it didn't matter.

I told myself that for twenty years.

Now he's back. Quieter. Steadier. Looking at me the way he always did - except now I'm old enough to understand what I'm seeing.

The developers circling Tiderow want to take the only thing I have left from my father - land.

The friend I trusted is hiding something that could break this town apart.

And the man who came home for me is asking me to stop pretending I don't know why he's here.

Being needed has kept me safe my whole life. Being wanted might be the thing that finally undoes me.

Where the Tide Returns is clean, warm, and completely addictive. Book 2 in The Tiderow Series - standalone love story, shared community, and a cliffhanger that will have you reaching for Book 3.

Perfect for readers of June Woods and fans of Virgin River and the small-town warmth of Jessie Gussman and Elana Johnson. No explicit content. Guaranteed HEA.