The Last Voice at Sea

Fourteen years after her sister vanished, forensic audio specialist Mara Ellison hears a distress call using their private childhood phrase. The signal points toward North Light-and a past she cannot leave alone. Following it means working with marine rescue commander Cal Rourke. She remembers their almost-kiss too well to pretend she wants only his help. But Cal heard something the night Celia disappeared and kept it out of the record. With a second woman dead and a storm threatening the harbor, Mara needs Cal's knowledge of the coast. He needs her to unravel the recordings at the heart of a sabotaged warning network. Each discovery draws them closer, even as his secrets threaten the trust they are trying to build. Wanting each other is no longer something either can ignore. But protecting Mara cannot mean choosing which truths she gets to hear. To stop a killer before the next false signal becomes a real disaster, she must risk relying on him-and he must risk losing her by finally telling her everything. A complete standalone romantic suspense novel in the Narrowlight Rescue series, with a resolved central mystery and a committed happy ending. Contains consensual on-page adult intimacy, murder investigation, grief, storm danger, and non-graphic violence.