Where the Tide Finds Us

About the Book:

He came to the island to disappear. She taught him how to be seen.

After betrayal destroys his engagement, damages his career, and leaves his carefully controlled life in ruins, James Somerset retreats to the secluded island of Coralia determined to vanish.

He expects solitude.

He does not expect Lily.

Lily Branson is an artist rooted in the rhythm of the sea, the pull of color, and the close-knit island community that has always been her home. Where James sees risk, Lily sees possibility. Where he sees ruin, she sees a man still becoming.

As hidden coves, moonlit festivals, and quiet mornings in Lily’s studio draw them closer, James begins to surrender the armor he once mistook for strength. But when the woman who broke his life follows him to Coralia, determined to reclaim the man she believes still belongs to her world of wealth and control, James must decide whether he is still shaped by the past — or brave enough to choose love in the open.

Where the Tide Finds Us is an emotional contemporary romance about betrayal, healing, found family, and the courage to build a life that is honest, imperfect, and entirely your own.

What You’ll Love:

• A wounded, guarded hero learning how to soften
• A strong artist heroine who sees what others miss
• A lush tropical island setting filled with sea air, hidden coves, and village gossip
• Slow-burn romantic tension with deep emotional payoff
• A close-knit community that becomes found family
• Healing after betrayal without easy answers
• A love story about being truly seen
• Art, ocean light, second chances, and the courage to begin again

Meet the author

Victoria St. Paul writes warm, clean contemporary romance set on sun-washed islands, where love grows slowly, communities hold each other close, and second chances arrive with the tide.

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