Deep End
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Last published Sun, Mar 29, 2026
Beck Wells came to the quiet coast of North Carolina to disappear. To blend in, to start over, and to forget the world beneath the waves that still calls his name. But secrets have a way of surfacing - especially when you're not fully human.
Thea Briggs has no room in her life for mystery. Between long shifts at the diner and raising her six-year-old son with the help of her mother, she's done chasing dreams and trusting strangers. That is, until Beck walks into her life - all quiet eyes, strange calm, and stories that never quite add up.
When a storm unearths more than wreckage along the shore, Thea learns the truth: Beck isn't just hiding from his past, he's running from it - from a family beneath the sea and a war that refuses to let him go.
As their worlds collide, love becomes both their refuge and their greatest risk. Because the ocean never forgets... and it never lets go.
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