Echo Tide

You arrive in an isolated coastal village after the mysterious death of an uncle you barely knew. The plan was easy: deal with the inheritance, poke around a little, maybe sell the house and go back to your life. Then the house turns out to be annoyingly charming, weirdly peaceful, and exactly the kind of place you didn’t know you needed. Caelmere has a great café, a gorgeous beach, parties with actual good music, way too many hot people for a town this small, and a suspicious number of people who can lie straight to your face without blinking. Everyone has their own version of the truth. Everyone seems to be hiding something. And the more you investigate, the more Caelmere pulls you in. Except Caelmere does not make things easy. Caelmere also has mermaids... They’ve been hiding around the village for years, quiet and careful. In human form, they could be anywhere. Maybe at the café. Maybe on the beach. Maybe at the boat party. Maybe smiling at you like they know exactly how to ruin your week and still make you enjoy it. No one is handing you a cute little guide to who’s human, who’s a mermaid, who belongs to the forest, and who’s just hot with terrible intentions. You’ll have to figure that out through looks, flirting, and choices you will probably pretend not to regret later. And yes, the forest has its own people too. Their name? You’ll have to find that out yourself... Caelmere’s forest is not just there for pretty walks and suspiciously fun dates. There are people living between those trees who have been around for far too long, listening to memories no one else can reach and guarding places you absolutely should not enter… which, obviously, makes them way harder to ignore. But the most dangerous part might be you. You might find out you were already a mermaid before you even knew what that meant. Or you might transform later. Tail, scales, spines, strange light under your skin, and the urge to walk into the ocean when every reasonable thought in your head says absolutely not. Caelmere does not wait until you feel ready. And the forest path is there too. If Caelmere pulls you toward the roots instead of the waves, you can get closer to them. This village is not just hiding creatures. It is testing what you can become. Between late-night talks, improvised dates, teasing, badly hidden secrets, and sexual tension showing up at the worst possible time, you decide who you want to be in Caelmere: careful, curious, sarcastic, sweet, irresistible, unbearable… or a messy mix of all of it. The romances are hard to avoid and even harder not to get obsessed with. Some characters will challenge you. Some will protect you. Some will test your patience before they test your mouth. There’s bold flirting, intimacy, desire, vulnerability, jealousy, humor, complicated choices, and the kind of chemistry that makes you think “this is a terrible idea” right before choosing it anyway. But it’s not all romance. Something strange is changing the village. Memories slip. Emotions fade. Whole places and animals go quiet in a way that feels wrong. Your uncle’s past, the people of Caelmere, and the secrets hidden between the sea and the forest are all connected. Meanwhile, the Silence keeps growing. Birds disappear from their routes. Fish avoid places they’ve always known. Trees stop remembering. Mermaids start breaking from the inside. And far below, where the light does not reach, there are other mermaids. The Abyssals. Ancient, horrifying, hungry, and dangerous enough to make the ocean’s deadliest creatures look harmless. They are not drunk sailor stories or bedtime myths. They are the kind of thing Caelmere has survived by keeping hidden for way too long. But now, some things are starting to echo through the tide, even inside this strange Silence. And the truth is not staying buried forever. Find out what is wrong with Aireen and the village’s Silence. Your uncle started investigating first... and it clearly didn’t end well. Now you have an old house, his notes, and an entire village full of places, people, and stories to investigate. Find out who’s lying, who wants you closer, who remembers too much… and who you can become when the sea and the forest finally answer.