Salt Water Kisses: Where the Deep Remembers

By Mbiganyi Malidza

The tide brought Noah back. Now it's bringing something else.

Elara and Noah have weathered the storm that shattered their past. With the Chest of the Circle broken and its secrets spilled, they dare to believe in a quiet future. The Driftwood Lantern is healing, the town is mending, and for the first time in ten years, the shore feels like home.

But the sea has a long memory.

When a stranger arrives in Tidemouth with a map written in tidewash ink and a story about a forgotten lighthouse that only appears in dreams, Elara is pulled into a mystery older than the town itself. Noah's past with the Circle is not as buried as they hoped, and the mark on Drew's chest burns hotter with each new moon.

Then the whispers start-not from the townsfolk, but from the water itself. Tides that move against the wind, seals that speak in human sighs, and a bell that rings from beneath the waves, calling only to those who have loved and lost to the sea.

Elara will learn that some promises are not just broken-they are borrowed. And the deep is coming to collect. To protect the love she fought to reclaim, she must decide how far she'll go-even if it means becoming part of the tide forever.

In this spellbinding sequel to Salt Water Kisses & Broken Promises, the ocean's oldest magic stirs, the boundary between myth and science blurs, and a small town becomes the front line in a battle for the soul of the sea itself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GM5KQVMZ
• ISBN13: 9798233058868
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Mbiganyi Malidza
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"