Secrets in the Tide
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Last published Tue, Apr 22, 2025
Maya Patel is fighting to save her family's bookstore in the fading coastal town of Haven Cove, but a hidden journal reveals her mother's dangerous secrets. When Ethan Carter, a charming but secretive journalist, arrives to dig up the town's darkest scandal, their fiery clashes uncover a 20-year-old mystery that could destroy everything. Forced to team up, Maya and Ethan navigate lies, betrayal, and a slow-burn attraction that threatens to unravel their hearts. In a town where everyone hides something, will they expose the truth-or lose each other to the tide?
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