Saltwick: A Hollow Tide Cryptid Cove Novel · Book One

Cozy meets cryptid on the foggy Oregon coast.Wren Calloway has six weeks, a crumbling Queen Anne B&B, and no contractor.She came to Hollow Tide to bury her aunt, not to inherit her. But the Saltwick Bed & Breakfast came with the funeral, along with a summer of bookings, a wedding party, and deposits she has already spent. Wren fixes things for a living. She does not fall apart, and she does not ask for help. Then Ewan Macrae shows up at seven in the morning with a binder, a level, and a stillness the whole town seems to understand. He is the best builder on the coast. He is also a lake kraken, three years a widower, and in no hurry to be needed by anyone again. They have a porch to save and six weeks to save it. Neither of them means for this to become anything. But grief knows grief, the fog keeps its own counsel, and a town where humans and cryptids have shared the coast since 1978 has its own ideas about who belongs to whom. Saltwick is Book One of the Hollow Tide Cryptid Cove series: cozy, open-door paranormal romance with a grumpy-sunshine slow burn, a warm found-family ensemble, and a guaranteed happily-ever-after. Every book stands alone. No cliffhangers. Perfect for readers who love: - Grumpy/sunshine and a slow, tender burn- Small-town, found-family warmth- A widower hero learning to feel again- Monster romance with a matter-of-fact heart- Open-door heat and a happy ending, always Start the series on the coast where the fog never quite lifts.