<BOOK ONE. TIDEBORN SERIES
LUNATIDE
She was never unclaimed.
She was chosen.
A contemporary mythic fantasy about identity, power, and the tides that call us home. Alaura Hayes was abandoned — until the ocean started answering back.
RELEASES JULY 28
THE STORY
Alaura Hayes was abandoned and thought she had no one but her friends. Foster care taught her that early. By the time she graduates law school she's learned how to survive without expecting more from the world.
Then the ocean starts responding to her. And everything she thought she knew about who she is — and where she came from — begins to surface.
Alaura Hayes wasn't abandoned. She was hidden.
The daughter of a powerful witch and a sea-born queen.
Her existence was never supposed to be known. Now the truth is rising — and so is her power. In a world that fears what it cannot control, Alaura must choose between the life she built and the power she was born to wield.
The tide is rising — and this time, she will not be pulled under.
PREORDER RELEASES JULY 28
Claim Your Copy
Choose the edition that calls to you. Signed copies are limited to the first printing.
Alaura Hayes has spent her whole life believing she was no one’s.
Foster care taught her that early. By the time she graduates from law school—alone, buried in debt, and with no job waiting—she’s learned how to survive without expecting anything more.
But a graduation trip changes everything.
In Vegas, then along the Malibu coast, something begins to shift.
The ocean doesn’t just call to her—it responds.
Strangers can’t seem to stay away.
And when a man nearly drowns after getting too close, Alaura realizes whatever is happening to her isn’t normal.
It’s dangerous.
Back in Alabama, with nowhere else to go, she moves in with her wealthy friend Nora—just as an unexpected opportunity pulls their entire group to Martha’s Vineyard for the summer. It should be a reset before real life begins.
Instead, it becomes a trap.
Because Alaura Hayes wasn’t abandoned.
She was presumed dead.
Hidden as a child after a secret council decided her existence was too dangerous to survive, Alaura is the daughter of a powerful witch and a sea-born queen—a lineage that was never meant to exist.
Now the truth is surfacing.
And so is her power.
And she isn’t the only one watching it awaken.
A man sent to track her—cold, controlled, and bound to the very world that tried to erase her—was never meant to hesitate. But the closer he gets, the more the line between hunter and protector begins to blur.
Because Alaura isn’t just dangerous.
She’s impossible to resist.
As the line between the human world and something far older begins to break, Alaura must decide who she is before others decide for her—because the same forces that tried to erase her once are watching again.
And this time, they won’t miss.
LUNATIDE is a contemporary mythic fantasy about power, inheritance, and the dangerous pull between enemies who were never meant to fall.
Book One of the Tideborn Saga
Alaura Hayes has spent her whole life believing she was no one’s.
Foster care taught her that early. By the time she graduates from law school—alone, buried in debt, and with no job waiting—she’s learned how to survive without expecting anything more.
But a graduation trip changes everything.
In Vegas, then along the Malibu coast, something begins to shift.
The ocean doesn’t just call to her—it responds.
Strangers can’t seem to stay away.
And when a man nearly drowns after getting too close, Alaura realizes whatever is happening to her isn’t normal.
It’s dangerous.
Back in Alabama, with nowhere else to go, she moves in with her wealthy friend Nora—just as an unexpected opportunity pulls their entire group to Martha’s Vineyard for the summer. It should be a reset before real life begins.
Instead, it becomes a trap.
Because Alaura Hayes wasn’t abandoned.
She was presumed dead.
Hidden as a child after a secret council decided her existence was too dangerous to survive, Alaura is the daughter of a powerful witch and a sea-born queen—a lineage that was never meant to exist.
Now the truth is surfacing.
And so is her power.
And she isn’t the only one watching it awaken.
A man sent to track her—cold, controlled, and bound to the very world that tried to erase her—was never meant to hesitate. But the closer he gets, the more the line between hunter and protector begins to blur.
Because Alaura isn’t just dangerous.
She’s impossible to resist.
As the line between the human world and something far older begins to break, Alaura must decide who she is before others decide for her—because the same forces that tried to erase her once are watching again.
And this time, they won’t miss.
LUNATIDE is a contemporary mythic fantasy about power, inheritance, and the dangerous pull between enemies who were never meant to fall.
Book One of the Tideborn Saga
Alaura Hayes has spent her whole life believing she was no one’s.
Foster care taught her that early. By the time she graduates from law school—alone, buried in debt, and with no job waiting—she’s learned how to survive without expecting anything more.
But a graduation trip changes everything.
In Vegas, then along the Malibu coast, something begins to shift.
The ocean doesn’t just call to her—it responds.
Strangers can’t seem to stay away.
And when a man nearly drowns after getting too close, Alaura realizes whatever is happening to her isn’t normal.
It’s dangerous.
Back in Alabama, with nowhere else to go, she moves in with her wealthy friend Nora—just as an unexpected opportunity pulls their entire group to Martha’s Vineyard for the summer. It should be a reset before real life begins.
Instead, it becomes a trap.
Because Alaura Hayes wasn’t abandoned.
She was presumed dead.
Hidden as a child after a secret council decided her existence was too dangerous to survive, Alaura is the daughter of a powerful witch and a sea-born queen—a lineage that was never meant to exist.
Now the truth is surfacing.
And so is her power.
And she isn’t the only one watching it awaken.
A man sent to track her—cold, controlled, and bound to the very world that tried to erase her—was never meant to hesitate. But the closer he gets, the more the line between hunter and protector begins to blur.
Because Alaura isn’t just dangerous.
She’s impossible to resist.
As the line between the human world and something far older begins to break, Alaura must decide who she is before others decide for her—because the same forces that tried to erase her once are watching again.
And this time, they won’t miss.
LUNATIDE is a contemporary mythic fantasy about power, inheritance, and the dangerous pull between enemies who were never meant to fall.
Book One of the Tideborn Saga
MICKA HILL
Some stories don't ask permission. They surface whether you're ready or not.
Micka Hill is the author of dark and mythic fantasy featuring Black women at the center of worlds that were always meant to belong to them. Her stories live at the intersection of ancient power and modern identity — where inheritance isn't just what's left behind, but what refuses to stay buried.
Her debut novel Lunatide — Book One of the Tideborn Series — follows Alaura Hayes, a law school graduate who spent her whole life believing she was no one's. She wasn't abandoned. She was hidden. And the ocean has been waiting.
Micka Hill writes for the readers who needed to see a Black girl chosen. Not rescued. Not explained. Just chosen — by power, by destiny, by the tide that was always hers.
She was never unclaimed. She was chosen.
THE TIDEBORN LETTERS