Case Nichols has made a career out of tackling salmon issues head-on. As a tribal resource manager, he's working beside people whose survival has been tied to the ocean for eons. He's the kind of protective man who doesn't think of himself as hero, with an old scar he thought had been dealt with.
Chelsea Westerly knows all about old scars. She's brilliant, stubborn, generous, and kind. With the means to build a safe life, she's got the heart and determination to make it happen. So when Case's past slams them both in ways she never saw coming, she walks. Again.
Then the tides of life, as ever, change everything.
What starts as a fracture becomes a firmer foundation. The activism is high-stakes and hands-on—videos that go viral for the right reasons, elders who say "enough" and mean it. And two young people unlearning fear, building trust, and choosing each other in the messy middle of real life.
Midnight Bay is where a volatile past meets a hopeful future, and where two people learn that safety and courage aren't opposites—they're a promise. The question isn't whether the tide will receed. It's who you'll be when it does.
Some spice; Case's usual salty language; a remembrance of trauma. Midnight Bay is book nine in the Thunder Bay Seiners Series. It can be read as a standalone, but it has very little backstory.
