When fiercely independent marine biologist Dr. Katherine Lowe returns to the windswept Scottish island of her childhood to study a dying coral reef, she collides with Steven MacLeod, the brooding fisherman who once broke her heart at seventeen. Ten years ago, she fled the island—and him—after a day after their first kiss, leaving behind rumors and a promise neither kept. Now widowed, Steven captains the same boat that once carried their teenage dreams, while Katherine hides her own grief: a failed marriage to the professor who stole her research and her trust. Forced to work together when Katherine’s grant depends on local fishing knowledge, the two circle each other like a storm around the Hebrides—resentment, longing, and salt-stung desire rising with every tide. As the reef bleaches and old secrets surface (a hidden pregnancy, a forged letter, a lifeboat lost at sea), they must decide whether love can survive the second time when the first nearly drowned them both. A raw, sensual, deeply emotional second-chance romance about forgiveness, belonging, and the courage to dive back into the undertow.
When fiercely independent marine biologist Dr. Katherine Lowe returns to the windswept Scottish island of her childhood to study a dying coral reef, she collides with Steven MacLeod, the brooding fisherman who once broke her heart at seventeen. Ten years ago, she fled the island—and him—after a d...