Tides of Us
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Last published Sun, Aug 31, 2025
Sereia Murphy has always belonged to the ocean. Growing up in Palma de Mallorca, she lives a life of salt-kissed mornings, family dinners, and the gentle rhythm of waves that seem to know her secrets. At twenty, with college on the horizon and her little brother Kalei still looking up to her, she thought her path was simple - until the tides brought him.
Kael Bellafonte is everything she isn't. A city boy from Palermo, Italy, with a wild reputation and family wealth that casts a long shadow, Kael knows only the thrill of nights filled with music, liquor, and fleeting faces. But when he and his friends visit Mallorca to escape the city before school begins, he doesn't expect to meet the girl who will challenge everything he thought he knew about love.
As their worlds collide, Sereia and Kael are pulled into a summer that changes them both - a summer of sunsets and secrets, heartbreak and healing, and a love that feels as endless and untamed as the sea itself.
But like the tide, love always shifts. Will theirs rise strong, or will it pull them apart?
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