The Wild Beneath

Set in the Pacific Northwest, The Wild Beneath is a sweeping love story that pulls Annie between a life of stability with her childhood sweetheart and a mysterious man washed ashore.

"Anderson's book is ethereal, languid, crafted of language that rushes and recedes like a tide, buoying a story that reminds us sometimes the impossible is possible." — Jodi Picoult

A love story as fierce and mysterious as the sea itself.

Annie MacLeod always knew she was different, growing up on a boat in the Pacific Northwest, navigating by the stars and living in sync with the ocean. But when a tsunami shatters her world and her parents are swept away, Annie is stranded on land, grief-stricken, despite her enduring love for her childhood sweetheart, Evan.

In the wreckage, Annie rescues a wordless man named Walker, who emits a hum only she can hear. Their connection is instant, elemental, and Annie is torn between the two men. When Walker disappears, Annie must decide between evacuating with Evan or staying to uncover the secrets Walker held.

Six years later, Annie has buried the past. But when Walker's otherworldly sound returns, it forces a reckoning in her soul with the ocean life she's left behind.

The Wild Beneath is a spellbinding story of soulmates, sacrifice and the ancient bonds that tie us all to the natural world.

For fans of Charlotte McConaghy's Wild Dark Shore, Delia Owens' Where the Crawdads Sing, and Miranda Cowley Heller's The Paper Palace.

Praise:

"Absolutely dazzling." — Sarah Penner, New York Times bestselling author of The Amalfi Curse

"Haunting and unforgettable." — Julia Kastner, Shelf Awareness

"An incandescent debut. Kelly Anderson pares the world down to its essentials and reminds us of the beauty and mystery of being alive...I did not want to come up for air." — Emma Knight, New York Times bestselling author of The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus

"An entrancing, magical novel that highlights the beauty of the natural world and our fragile place within it. Spellbinding!" — Nita Prose, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid series