The Winter Sea: Black Tide Son – Swashbuckling adventure on the high-seas (Paperback)

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Life on the Winter Seas has given Sam and Mary a fragile kind of freedom. As privateers sailing under Hart’s colours, they have carved out a partnership that offers both purpose and tenderness, even as the wider world still treats Mary as something to be owned rather than chosen.

In The Winter Sea, that hard-won balance is shattered by news that Benedict has been taken prisoner on the Mereish Coast. Loyalty to crown and cause collides with loyalty to blood, and the decision to attempt a rescue pulls Sam and Mary into hostile waters where trust is scarce and mistakes are costly. What begins as a daring plan quickly becomes a fight to stay ahead of forces determined to see them fail.

The novel leans into salt, steel, and secrecy, pairing high-stakes seamanship with quieter questions about love, autonomy, and survival. As enemy territory closes in and a watchful adversary anticipates their every move, The Winter Sea tightens into a tense exploration of how far people will go to protect the lives they have chosen to build.