What the Water Knows: a Steamy Small-town Older Woman, Younger Man Romance & Stone Book

She’s 50. He’s 26. And when the tide turns, nothing stays the same.After losing her husband and nearly her boat, Sarah is running out of time — and choices. She’s a seasoned captain fighting to keep her late husband’s legacy afloat in the fishing town of Port Blossom. Grit, calloused hands, and silence have kept her safe. Until now.When a quiet, younger drifter named Caleb offers to fix her broken engine, she hires him out of desperation. But what begins as a last-ditch job becomes something deeper — a current neither of them can deny.He’s steady, intuitive, and impossibly kind — and he sees her in a way no one has in years. But Sarah isn’t just battling the sea. She’s fighting her own fears, her son’s disapproval, and the weight of a life that’s no longer hers.An age-gap, forced proximity, slow-burn romance about finding love after loss, and letting go of who you were to become who you might still be.This is a standalone novel in the Salt & Stone series — where older women, younger men, and high-stakes emotional healing come together in deeply human love stories.She thought the storms were over. But the real one was already aboard.