Where the Sea Keeps Us

By JIJI KARIS

I came back to Saint-Clair-sur-Mer to bury ghosts, not create new ones.

After years in Paris, I had only one goal: save my family's bookshop before it closed for good. What I didn't plan for was him. Sacha Le Guen. The town's former golden troublemaker, now a successful local businessman everyone seems to admire. Charismatic, infuriating, far too sure of himself... and, inconveniently, the man trying to buy the building my bookshop depends on.

Between us, it's electric from the very first moment.

Every conversation sparks.
Every glance lasts a beat too long.
And the more I see past his arrogance, the more I realize he's hiding cracks of his own-ones no one else seems to notice.

But in a small town where everyone knows everyone, the past never really stays buried. Not broken promises. Not old wounds. And certainly not the secrets that could bring everything crashing down.

I should hate him.
Fight him.
Keep my distance.

So why does it feel like I could lose myself in his arms... and somehow find myself there too?

A slow-burn contemporary romance full of tension, longing, old wounds, and a love powerful enough to challenge even the fiercest pride.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GZPRBRLT
• ISBN13: 9798195724917
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 452 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.8"