The past never truly sinks…it just waits for the tide to rise. Isobel Lane plans to sell her estranged father’s old trawler after her ex leaves her penniless—until she uncovers evidence pointing to his murder. Haunted by the partner he couldn’t save, Rone Archer has spent years trying to outrun his guilt. Protecting Isobel from a danger that mirrors his past feels like his one chance at redemption. But when a criminal organization tries to silence them, will they survive through Christmas, or will the tide claim more than her father’s secrets?