The Salt Year
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Last published Sat, Jun 28, 2025
She thought the worst was over after the funeral. Then she met him.
Abbi Lennox is twenty-two, grieving, and stuck in a suffocating relationship. Working long hours in a seaside kitchen, she's barely holding it together-until Graham walks in.
He's twice her age. Off-limits. But when a spark ignites between them, it threatens to consume everything Abbi thought she wanted.
Because some connections change you. And some secrets destroy you.
A slow-burn literary romance about longing, grief, and the messy process of becoming.
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