What Lies Beneath the Tide
"The open sea is a dangerous creature, unpredictable and heartless. It will swallow you whole and dissolve your bones into foam. It is a lawless, wretched thing and yet it is equally seductive, alluring, and elusive. I cannot think of a better thing for a monster to be."
Maeve Anderson is just like everyone else in Saltridge. She's lived here her entire life, works a dead-end job, and for the most part, keeps to herself. Between waiting tables at the Captain’s Quarters, taking care of her trainwreck mother, and keeping her disgruntled cat fed, Maeve doesn't have much time for a social life. Not that she wants one anyway, given the small number of options she has in this town.
Still, nothing prepares her for the sudden arrival of Alex Hayworth, whose presence in town has not gone unnoticed. And it’s not just his peculiar interest in her that makes Maeve unsettled. It’s that he seems to have an uncanny knack for showing up in the most unexpected places—although the same could be said for her if you asked him.
Alex Hayworth is no stranger to tragedy. After all, his entire career as a detective is centered around it. However, when his life suddenly becomes upended by his own personal trauma, Alex soon finds himself in the middle of a mystery even he can’t seem to solve. Desperate for a distraction, he travels to Saltridge, where he unwittingly begins to unearth a sinister secret this quiet little town has been harboring beneath the tide for far too long.
In this contemporary fantasy thriller, What Lies Beneath the Tide weaves a thrilling tale of self-preservation, love, loss, redemption, and the importance of one's identity.
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They say time heals all wounds. . . but what if they were wrong?
Growing up, Emily Hart never had it easy. After losing her mother at a young age, she and her sister move in with their grandmother, whose eccentric ideas have earned her a questionable reputation within the slow-moving town of Windhaven, West Virginia.
Now an adult, Emily’s found herself in sunny San Diego—married and eager for greener pastures. Except the grass here is made of sand, and the man Emily calls her husband isn’t the man she thought she knew. When Emily’s grandmother dies, she leaves behind her beloved farmhouse. In a desperate attempt to escape her abusive marriage, Emily flees back to Windhaven—back to the home she once spent her childhood running from.
Tucked away in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains sits the well-loved Magnolia House—except it isn’t just any house. It’s been in her family for generations and is “Full of magic”—her grandmother used to say. But to Emily, it’s old and outdated and in need of more work than it’s worth. Still, eager for a distraction, she begins renovating, where she stumbles upon a long forgotten satchel, filled with old letters.
Realizing they’re from a Civil War soldier to his long-dead wife, Emily writes back—if only because she’s lonely and a little drunk, and what’s the harm in it anyway?
It’s only the following day when Emily wakes to find that her letter is missing and a new one is in its place—that she truly discovers what sort of magic lingers within the threadbare walls of her family’s estate. Now, everything she thought she knew about love and loss will be dragged to the forefront—forcing her to confront her past while still trying to heal from the life she left behind.
About the Author
“I don’t prefer one genre over another. I just write what I want to read.”
When not lost in the labyrinth of her own creations, you can find Daphne exploring alternate dimensions (also known as the local coffee shop) or engaged in intense debates with her children on why they can’t have cake for breakfast—ok, why they sometimes can’t have cake for breakfast.
A Michigan native, Daphne currently resides in Minnesota alongside her husband, and their tiny minions.