Book guide
A Sweet Sting of Salt
A storm delivers a mysterious woman to Jean’s door—and a love worth defying an old, dangerous secret.
Genre and trope pairingsRomanceSlow burnRomanceForbidden romanceRomanceHidden identityRomanceHurt/comfortRomanceTrauma recoveryQueer RomanceSlow burnQueer RomanceForbidden romanceQueer RomanceLGBTQ+Queer RomanceHidden identityQueer RomanceHurt/comfortQueer RomanceTrauma recoveryFantasyMythologyFantasyRetellingFantasyHidden identityFantasyShifterGothic FantasyRetellingGothic FantasyHidden identityGothic FantasyShifterHistoricalForbidden romanceHistoricalLGBTQ+HistoricalRetelling
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About A Sweet Sting of Salt
During a violent storm, isolated midwife Jean discovers a drenched stranger named Muirin giving birth alone. As Jean grows suspicious of Muirin’s controlling husband and increasingly drawn to Muirin herself, her search for the truth uncovers a harrowing secret rooted in the selkie-wife folktale and puts both women and the baby in danger.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- homophobia
- domestic abuse
- confinement
- animal death
- pregnancy and childbirth
- child loss
- blood
- suicide
- off-page sexual assault
- murder
- stalking
- outing
