Salt on our Tongues - Becca Walker

Some people run to survive.
Others run until they learn how to stay.

Mara leaves quietly. She always has. Staying has never felt safe, and disappearing has always been easier than being seen.

Theo is running too. From a life that no longer fits. From expectations he never agreed to. When their paths cross by chance, neither of them is looking for love. They are looking for air.

What begins as shared escape becomes something far more dangerous: recognition.

But timing is cruel, and the world is watching. Circumstance tears them apart before either is ready to name what they've found, forcing them to grow up separately and build lives that do not revolve around absence.

Years later, fate offers them another meeting.

This time, the question isn't whether they love each other.

It's whether love, chosen freely and without fear, can finally be enough.

Salt on Our Tongues is a tender, emotionally intelligent romance about first love, survival, and the quiet courage it takes to stop running and stay. Perfect for readers who love slow-burn connection, second chances, and deeply human stories of healing and choice.