She filmed the tragedy that broke this town. She never meant to fall in love with its survivor.

Ash Moreno's career as a documentarian was built on one viral short: After the Spill, raw footage of an offshore rig explosion that sparked outrage and policy change. It also captured the worst night of Kai Lake's life.

Years later, Ash arrives in Miramar to film a glossy docuseries about coastal resilience. She doesn't expect to find Kai-the reclusive surfer who lost her brother in that explosion-or to realize Kai's grief was the collateral damage of Ash's success.

Kai has no interest in cameras or confession. She's rebuilt her life in the water, restoring the reef piece by piece. When she discovers Ash was behind the footage that turned her brother into a symbol, it feels like a second betrayal.

But Ash is done hiding behind beautiful edits. In a reckless act of honesty, she publicly confesses what she did and offers Kai something she's never given anyone: the rights to the story. What follows is an uneasy collaboration as they remake the narrative together-this time centering community, consent, and the living instead of the spectacle of loss.

Tidal Hearts is a poetic, salt-soaked queer romance about media ethics, ecological grief, and choosing reparative love over performative guilt. For readers who love stormy tension, slow-earned trust, and coastal settings that feel like characters of their own.

The Electric Summer Girls - Book Four

A powerful standalone that deepens the Miramar universe.