Beneath the Surface
(2025)(The fourth book in the Love on the High Mountain series)
A novel by Ryan Maxwell
Trigger Warning: Child Fatalities
When danger runs deep, trust is the only way to stay afloat.
Lieutenant Sam "Sammy" Ray thrives in chaos. As a search and rescue diver with a sharp edge and a reckless streak, she’s used to pushing limits—both in the water and in life. But when she''s partnered with brilliant, composed scientist Dr. Casey Brooks to test a groundbreaking predictive rescue model, Sammy finds herself navigating something far more unfamiliar: vulnerability.
Casey built her career on precision, control, and the safety of numbers. But her fieldwork with Sammy forces her out of her comfort zone—into rivers that don’t behave, into missions where instincts matter more than data, and into a connection she never expected.
As danger rises and their work is put to the ultimate test, trust becomes their most vital lifeline. But learning to trust each other—and the feelings stirring between them—might be the hardest rescue of all.
A story of adrenaline and intimacy, science and instinct, and love that builds not in grand gestures, but in quiet moments and unwavering presence.
Genre: Romance
When danger runs deep, trust is the only way to stay afloat.
Lieutenant Sam "Sammy" Ray thrives in chaos. As a search and rescue diver with a sharp edge and a reckless streak, she’s used to pushing limits—both in the water and in life. But when she''s partnered with brilliant, composed scientist Dr. Casey Brooks to test a groundbreaking predictive rescue model, Sammy finds herself navigating something far more unfamiliar: vulnerability.
Casey built her career on precision, control, and the safety of numbers. But her fieldwork with Sammy forces her out of her comfort zone—into rivers that don’t behave, into missions where instincts matter more than data, and into a connection she never expected.
As danger rises and their work is put to the ultimate test, trust becomes their most vital lifeline. But learning to trust each other—and the feelings stirring between them—might be the hardest rescue of all.
A story of adrenaline and intimacy, science and instinct, and love that builds not in grand gestures, but in quiet moments and unwavering presence.
Genre: Romance
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