The Tideland Covenant
When a developer ex-husband tries to lock a restorer out of her family's coastal headland, century-old maritime deeds turn a grand resort launch into a quiet reckoning.
Fictional story. Contains themes of divorce, family conflict, and legal property disputes.Chapter 1: The Dawn Eviction Notice
The automated lockout notification arrived on my phone at precisely 4:15 a.m.
Outside the rain-streaked windows of the Osprey Ridge maritime workshop, the Pacific Northwest fog hung heavy over the damp cedar trees and granite cliffs of Harbor Bluff. A cold ocean breeze rustled the timber beams of the framing yard, where my father and grandfather had restored historic wooden vessels for over sixty years. The night air smelled of salt water, fresh cedar shavings, and the faint metallic tang of diesel from the fishing harbor below.