The Calling Tide: A Slow Burn Gothic Paranormal Romance

By E.R. DRAVEN

The tide always takes what it is owed.

Maren Greywick came to the drowning town of Cinderwick to bury a grandmother she barely knew and sell a house she never wanted. She meant to be gone by season's end.

She had not counted on the salt line across the door that someone keeps fresh, or the boat that crosses the black water every night, rowed by a man a hundred years dead, beautiful and grieving and bound to her blood by a tether neither of them chose.

He is the Ferryman, and he carries the drowned to their rest. The bond between them keeps him warm, and real, and here. It is also, breath by breath, pulling Maren under.

Now something ancient is stirring beneath the harbor. A hidden choir is singing the dark awake. And the only thing standing between Cinderwick and the rising tide is a fading woman, a dead man who loves her too well to save himself, and a door that will not stay shut.

Perfect for readers who love:

◆ A brooding, century-dead hero with nothing left to lose

◆ A forbidden bond that mends one lover and bleeds the other

◆ Foggy coastal towns and old sea folklore

◆ Slow-burn longing and impossible choices

◆ Gothic atmosphere thick enough to drown in

Loving him is killing her. Letting him go will end the world.

Begin the Saltbound series today.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H6813L3G
• ISBN13: 9798183568516
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"