Secrets of the Ocean Waves

A complete, emotional slow-burn romance - read it in one sitting. Big shrift, white pages. Colorful illustrations, small size book for travelingNova doesn't remember choosing to survive the storm. She only remembers the hand that pulled her out of it.Three days before, she'd fled her own mother's house with poison still burning at the back of her throat - the price of refusing a marriage she never wanted. Now she's a stranger with no name, in a fishing village where nobody bows, nobody calculates, and nobody looks twice at a girl mending nets on the dock. Marcus never asks who she used to be. He just makes room for who she's becoming.But somewhere north, a discarded engagement, a jealous woman with a long memory, and a scar Nova can't hide are quietly working their way back to the surface - and the truth waiting at the end of them is worse than anyone expects: the people with the power to bring her home were never protecting her. They were protecting themselves.Perfect for readers who love: - Slow-burn romance between hidden identity and quiet, steady love- Runaway bride and amnesia-adjacent tropes- Atmospheric coastal and village settings- Stories where the truth arrives right when it's most dangerousSometimes the only way to find out who you are is to lose everything you were.By Iryna Sokolovsky