Jean, a reclusive midwife, wakes in the night to a chilling cry. Stepping outside, she finds a mysterious woman—soaked, in labor, and barely able to speak. When Jean delivers her baby, the pieces fall into place: Muirin is the new wife of her unsettling neighbor, Tobias. But something is terribly wrong.
Muirin’s fear of her husband is undeniable, and the more Jean learns, the darker the secrets become. As her concern turns to something deeper, Jean must make an impossible choice—stay silent or risk everything to save Muirin. But in a world where magic lingers beneath the waves, the truth is more dangerous than Jean ever imagined.
A modern sapphic selkie retelling, The Salt Grows Heavy is a lush, atmospheric novel brimming with folklore, romance, and peril.
