A coastal cozy fantasy · Port Selby
The Driftwood Dragon Sanctuary
A grieving dragon that won't eat. A keeper who only signed on for three months.
Book One is in Kindle Unlimited · Book Two arrives November 20
"The coastal cart dropped her at the crossroads and did not wait."
The first line of The Tide Dragon's KeeperRead Chapter One free →
The light from the point.
Nora Harris came to Port Selby with the leaving already built in.
Then she met the tide dragon.
A grieving dragon that won't eat.
The Tide Dragon's Keeper · Book One
A keeper who only signed on for three months.
In Kindle Unlimited.
Readers, on the tide.
Real Amazon reviews of The Tide Dragon's Keeper
"Storytelling so real you can feel the salt spray and smell the seaweed."
"The dragons are heartwarming, heartbreaking, entertaining, opinionated, and funny."
"It's like reading a bed time story in the middle of a quiet day...with a cup of coffee."
Book Two · Pre-order · November 20, 2026
The Keeper's Hatchling
The egg hatched. Now Nora has a baby dragon that clings to her boot and won't eat while anyone's watching.
Pre-order once and it arrives on your Kindle on release day. Read Chapter One now →
Reading order
The driftwood shelf.
Two books so far. Start at the left.
The town
Walk through Port Selby.
The half-circle harbour, the Kettle and Pin, the cliff path up to the sanctuary and the lighthouse on the far point. Fifteen places, each with its own words from the book.
Every first chapter, free
Start either book on the page.
No email needed. The whole first chapter of Book One, The Salt-Rotted Gate, is here on the site.
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