Tides of a Broken Heart

Raizo trusts the sea more than he trusts people.After escaping the brutal pirate family that shaped his childhood, the solitary sea elf has spent twenty years avoiding the past-and anyone who might betray him. Then a starving woman emerges from the forest and approaches his lonely campfire.Luna is an Eladrin noblewoman running from a life of cruelty, control, and fear. She expects nothing from the guarded stranger except a shared meal. Instead, Raizo offers her shelter from an approaching storm.Inside a weathered cabin hidden deep in the wilderness, two wounded strangers slowly begin to heal. With Korra, a rescued dire wolf, and Runt, a fearless little hound, they create the unexpected family neither believed they deserved. Trust becomes friendship, friendship deepens into love, and for the first time, the future feels like something worth fighting for.But the past does not surrender easily.Armed riders are searching for Luna on behalf of the powerful man who refuses to accept her freedom. Across the sea, the black-sailed Bloodwake Corsairs are closing in on Raizo, led by the brother he has not seen in twenty years. At the center of it all lies a mysterious journal connected to his mother's death-and secrets powerful people will kill to protect.To save the home they have found in each other, Luna and Raizo must stop running and confront the people who taught them that love was something to fear. Their journey will lead them through pirate strongholds, forgotten monasteries, hidden vaults, and a conspiracy older and more dangerous than either imagined.Tide of a Broken Heart is an emotional fantasy romance filled with adventure, buried secrets, found family, healing, and two survivors discovering that even the most wounded heart can learn to love again.