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What the Tide Keeps

A small town romance short story

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What the Tide Keeps

By: Margot Dunmore
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Some things wash in. Some things stay.

June-Bug Patterson has lived in Harlow Cove her whole life, and she has made her peace with that — genuinely, deliberately, without apology. She loves her library, her town, her place in it. She is not waiting for anything.

Then a traveling photographer arrives with a letter of introduction, a week's worth of work, and the particular quality of attention that makes a person feel, for the first time in a long time, like they are being looked at clearly.

Ellis Crane is leaving Sunday. June-Bug knows this. It doesn't help as much as it should.

What the Tide Keeps is a standalone short story set in the world of the Harlow Cove series — a prequel to The Drift Back that introduces one of the town's most beloved characters and asks the question at the heart of every Harlow Cove story: what's the difference between a life you've chosen and a life you've settled for?

For fans of small-town romance with emotional depth and a strong sense of place. Approximately 5,000 words.
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