Timber & Salt Romance · Book 1
Heartwood
An independent shipwright fighting to preserve her family's coastal yard, and the taciturn deep-water rigger who knows how to hold the tension.
Timber & Salt Romance
Working coastal Maine romances built on craftsmanship, granite seawalls, honest labor, and the undeniable chemistry of people who take pride in what they build.
The World of Maren Cole
Sullivan & Sons Shipyard · Penobscot Bay
Where love isn't built on billionaires or drama—it is forged on hard-earned trust and shared craft.
Series Chronology
Timber & Salt Series
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Authentic Blue-Collar Romance
Inside the Timber & Salt Universe
Small-town coastal Maine romance grounded in honest trades, working waterfront communities, and slow-burn earned intimacy.
The Lead Shipwright
Maeve Sullivan
Third-generation wooden boatbuilder fighting predatory real estate developers to keep her late grandfather's Penobscot boatyard alive.
The Deep-Water Rigger
Calum Vance
Former offshore oil platform rigger with scarred forearms and quiet discipline, returning to Maine to bury old ghosts and rebuild his life.
Penobscot Bay Atmosphere
Salt, Cedar & Granite
Where winter storms test seawalls, woodstoves warm sawdust-covered workshops, and love is an act of showing up day after day.