WHERE THE TIDE COMES BACK: A Coastal Novel (The Agua Clara Series)

From the outside, everything looks fine.Luke Andersen has built a life that works—a surf shop by the water, a steady routine, and a promise to protect his daughter from anything that might unsettle it.But when a simple school assignment brings the past into focus, the balance he’s been holding begins to shift.Gracie Howell didn’t come to the coast looking for anything complicated. She wanted a fresh start. Something quiet. Something simple.But in a town where lives overlap and nothing stays separate for long, she finds herself drawn into a story that isn’t hers—but may change her anyway.As their worlds begin to intersect, both are forced to face what they’ve been avoiding—and what it might mean to move forward instead of standing still.Set along the California coast, Where the Tide Comes Back is a character-driven novel about grief, connection, and the quiet moments that change everything.Sometimes the hardest part isn’t letting go.It’s choosing what comes next. Read more