A Sweet Sting of Salt

A young woman uncovers a dark secret about her neighbor and his mysterious new wife. Now sheΓÇÖll have to fight to keep herselfΓÇöand the woman she lovesΓÇösafe. ΓÇ£A modern sapphic updating of the selkie wife folk tale thatΓÇÖs already scoring with readersΓÇ¥ΓÇöParade (A Best Romance and Best LGBTQI+ Book of the Year So Far) ΓÇ£Lush,atmosphericand threaded with multiple kinds of magic.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöPaste When a sharp cry wakes Jean in the middle of the night during a terrible tempestsheΓÇÖs convinced it must have been a dream. But when the cry comes againJean ventures outside and is shocked by what she discoversΓÇöa young woman in labordrenched to the bone in the bitter cold and able to speak barely a word of English. Although Jean is the only midwife for miles aroundsheΓÇÖs at a loss for who this woman is or where sheΓÇÖs from; Jean can only assume that she must be the new wife of the neighbor up the roadTobias. And when Tobias does indeed arrive at her cabin in search of his wifeMuirinJeanΓÇÖs questions continue to multiply. Why has he kept his wifeΓÇÖs pregnancy a secret? And why does MuirinΓÇÖs open demeanor change completely the moment sheΓÇÖs in his presence? Though Jean learned long ago that she should stay out of other peopleΓÇÖs businessher growing concernΓÇöand growing feelingsΓÇöfor Muirin mean that she canΓÇÖt simply set her worries aside. But when the answers she finds are more harrowing than she ever could have imaginedshe fears she may have endangered herselfMuirinand the baby. Will she be able to put things right and save the woman she loves before itΓÇÖs too lateor will someone have to pay for JeanΓÇÖs actions with their life?