The Saltwater Between Stars

When human diplomat Caelan Kirks crashes into the forbidden abyss of an ocean world, he expects to die in the dark. Instead, he's rescued by Thal'rys - a feared abyss-born warrior bound to the deepest trenches of the planet. The bond between them should not exist. As ancient leviathans begin dying and humanity pushes the ocean toward collapse, Caelan and Thal'rys uncover the truth behind the lost civilization known as the First Tide - a forgotten alliance between humans and abyss-born that once kept the planet alive.
But the deeper their connection grows, the more Caelan changes. And the more impossible it becomes to return to the surface unchanged. Now trapped between two worlds terrified of each other, Caelan and Thal'rys must decide whether love is enough to heal a dying ocean. or whether some divides were always meant to drown. Saltwater Between Stars is a slow-burn LGBTQ+ sci-fi romance filled with emotional bonding, alien intimacy, forbidden connection, ancient ocean civilizations, leviathans, touch-starved devotion, and a deeply possessive abyss-born warrior who would destroy the world before letting go.