Orkney Tide

Songs of Wind and Waves

Rugged cliffs, a longing that runs deep—and a shadow from the past.

Mariella is teetering on the edge of burnout as a department head at a prestigious marketing agency in Berlin. At the last possible moment, she pulls the plug and escapes to Scotland to claim an inheritance she never truly wanted. On the remote Orkney Islands, she’s greeted by wild landscapes, crashing waves, and the lonely house that once belonged to her late grandmother Eleanor.
But any hope of finding peace and quiet quickly fades. Mariella isn’t the sole occupant of the cottage—her eccentric half-brother William, whose existence she never suspected, also calls it home. And the spirit of Eleanor seems to linger, unsettled, in every corner.
When Mariella stumbles across a hidden box of old letters, she unlocks the darkest chapters of her family’s history. As she and William dig deeper into the past, a bond forms between them—one that grows dangerously intense, threatening to cross lines that should never be crossed.
What truly ties Mariella and William together? And how much is she willing to risk to finally find herself?
“A moving novel about buried guilt, the search for belonging, and the courage to follow your heart. If you enjoy the emotional depth and atmospheric settings of authors like Jojo Moyes and Lucinda Riley, this is a story you won’t want to miss."