Twila Landow
Where the Sea
Has Secrets
Cheeky monster romance with heart, heat, and one very unexpected egg.
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The Salty Hollow Chronicles
A series where the sea is full of surprises, the men are unexpectedly charming, and nobody planned on any of this.
The Salty Hollow Chronicles, Book 1
What's Kraken
Surfer. Kraken. One very unexpected egg.
When surfer Jake wipes out in the wrong cove, he doesn't expect to be rescued by eight arms and a smirk. Cassian — Cas, if you're feeling brave — is ancient, territorial, and absolutely not supposed to find humans interesting. But Jake is, and now there's an egg, and feelings, and a whole lot of explaining to do.
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The Salty Hollow Chronicles, Book 2
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- 1You submit your application here.
- 2Twila reviews applications and selects ARC readers.
- 3Selected readers receive a confirmation email with the ebook file.
- 4You read, love it (hopefully), and post your honest review.
- 5You get priority access to future books in the series.
Content Heads-Up
What's Kraken is an adult MM romance with explicit content, mpreg, and monster anatomy. It's intended for readers 18+. Full content warnings will be included with your ARC copy.
"ARC readers are the heartbeat of a debut launch. I can't wait to share Jake and Cas with you."
— Twila LandowI write the books I desperately wanted to read — the ones where the monster is the love interest and the ending is always worth it.— Twila Landow
the author
Meet
Twila Landow
Twila Landow writes monster romance with heart, heat, and a healthy dose of chaos. She lives for stories where the unexpected becomes inevitable — where a surfer and a kraken somehow make perfect sense.
Her debut series, The Salty Hollow Chronicles, is set in a fictional coastal town where the water runs deeper than anyone admits and the locals have learned not to ask too many questions about what lives in the cove.
When she's not writing, Twila can be found haunting used bookstores, collecting sea glass, and defending her controversial opinion that tentacles are romantic.
what to expect
About the Series
The Salty Hollow Chronicles is a connected series — each book stands alone, but the town remembers everything.
Salty Hollow
A fictional coastal town where the locals know better than to swim after dark — and some of them have very good reasons for that rule.
Monster Heroes
Every book features a different creature from the deep. Ancient, powerful, and completely unprepared for feelings.
MM Romance
Men falling for monsters. Monsters falling harder. Always a happily ever after, because the sea demands it.
Mpreg
When two men and a kraken get involved, biology gets creative. Expect eggs, nesting instincts, and a lot of 'nobody told me about this.'
Cheeky Tone
These books are funny. They're also genuinely romantic. Sometimes both at the same time, which is the best kind.
Spicy Heat
Closed-door? Not here. These books earn their heat rating. You've been delightfully warned.
Content Notes
Each book includes full content warnings on the copyright page and on the author's website. These are adult romance novels intended for readers 18+. They contain explicit content, mpreg, and monster anatomy. They also contain heart, humor, and happy endings.
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Get the inside scoop from Salty Hollow — new releases, bonus content, and the occasional update on what's lurking in the cove.
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- Behind-the-scenes from Salty Hollow
- Occasional chaos, always with love