𝐀𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐈𝐬𝐡𝐪 ꪆৎ━🍓 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅༻❁༺┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ A story of hearts that never forget. Rhea Malhotra - the girl who loves too loudly. Aarav Desai - the boy who leaves before it gets real. Their story is the kind that hurts, heals, and stays forever. A bittersweet, heart-touching tale of unspoken words, missed moments, and finding each other again when the world moves on. ❥ Alongside them, Ira Sharma and Kian Malhotra - two stubborn souls caught in a storm of their own feelings, chasing what they once left behind. ♡ This is a story about goodbyes that came too early, reunions that felt like home, and love that wasn't perfect - but real. Sometimes joyful. Sometimes shattering. Always unforgettable. ✦ Because some stories aren't meant to be flawless. They're meant to be felt. ✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ: If only you knew... :･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ✧

Set in a dark, heightened world against the backdrop of late 90s counterculture, Saltwater & Smoke follows two misfits: a disillusioned nineteen-year-old half-human, half-merman named Kaz Benowitz and a young ex-model turned cynical monster hunter named Allie Devereux. Kaz spends his days becoming the headline attraction of a crumbling Coney Island sideshow. By day, Kaz performs tricks in his water tank and sings onstage. By night, he dreams of strangling his crooked circus employer in his sleep. Meanwhile, Allie Devereux is tasked to infiltrate Coney Island and assassinate a local mermaid trafficker. With a careful disguise and likable persona, Allie slips easily into the chaos of the boardwalk - and catches Kaz watching her from a distance. At first, Kaz is captivated by her mysterious charm. He thinks Allie might be the answer to the aching loneliness gnawing at him. But as their paths intertwine, the half-merman slowly realizes Allie may be far more dangerous than anyone he's ever met. Yet, Allie is the first person to lift Kaz from his agony. Her independence and ruthless demeanor inspire Kaz to leave the depraved circus, and he is willing to try, even if it means committing murder. What begins as fascination spirals into chaos, haunted by strange magic and darker intentions. Saltwater & Smoke is a haunting tale of two broken people colliding at the edge of the real and the unreal - a story about horror, heartbreak, and the lies we tell ourselves to survive. It's not a murder mystery - it's a fucked-up love story.

Ella. Ella Jennings. It's her dream to own her own bakery with her best friend. But for now, she is a baker at Daylight's special, a bakery in New York. As Ella works at the bakery with her best friend, Ella finds herself in an adventure as she falls in love with the Mafia Don.