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Where the Storm Keeps Secrets
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerRomanceGeneral GLBTQIA Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 25 2026
Pages: 346
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.72 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Twenty-two years ago, a boat vanished into the Atlantic. The truth was buried with it. Or so everyone believed.
On the isolated island of Bellwether, Mara Velez has spent her life rescuing people, weathering storms, and defending the memory of a father blamed for a tragedy he could never explain.
She's learned to live with unanswered questions.
What she hasn't learned is how to forget June Calder.
Ten years after walking out of Mara's life, June returns to Bellwether with a discovery that could change everything: evidence of a missing research vessel where no wreck should exist. The same vessel that vanished twenty-two years earlier, taking June's mother with it.
And now, someone is using the lost boat's radio call sign.
As a hurricane gathers strength offshore, Mara and June are drawn into a mystery that reaches far beyond a maritime disaster. A forgotten logbook. A recording that should no longer exist. A powerful man with everything to lose. And an island where nearly everyone knows something-but no one seems willing to tell the whole truth.
With the storm closing in and their investigation becoming increasingly dangerous, the two women must confront more than the secrets hidden beneath the water.
They must confront the love they left unfinished.
But some truths don't bring closure. Some change everything you thought you knew about the people you loved.
And some secrets have been kept for so long that revealing them may be the most dangerous choice of all.
Where the Storm Keeps Secrets is an atmospheric, emotionally compelling sapphic romantic suspense novel about second chances, buried truths, complicated loyalties, and the courage it takes to trust someone again.
Perfect for readers who love:
Mature, slow-burn sapphic romance
Second-chance love stories with emotional depth
Atmospheric coastal mysteries and small-town secrets
Strong, imperfect heroines
Suspense, family betrayal, and long-buried secrets
A complete, emotionally satisfying standalone story
Some storms destroy what we love. Others reveal what was hidden all along.
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