Between Two Tides

Isla grew up between tides.

Between two boys who once felt inseparable.Between an ocean that could be gentle one moment and unforgiving the next.Between the life she had always known and the one quietly asking more of her.

Reed taught her how to stand. Patient and steady, he showed her how to move with the water instead of fighting it, how to find balance without forcing the wave beneath her feet. Lukas taught her how to move. Bright and relentless, he made her believe there was more beyond the shoreline, more waiting if she dared to follow.

Once, the three of them were everything to each other.

Then competition entered the water, and nothing stayed the same.

As a high-stakes surf event returns to their hometown, old fractures widen and long-buried fears surface. Isla finds herself caught between loyalty and possibility, between holding on and learning when to let go. Loving them both means risking the one thing she wants most: the chance to keep everyone she loves intact.

Set against salt air, sunrise swells, and the quiet ache of growing up, Between Tides is a slow-burn romance about choosing yourself without losing the people who taught you how to breathe.

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