Nature's Deception

Dr. Nyla Mehran is a prodigy.
High school diploma at sixteen. Bachelor's degree by nineteen. A master's at twenty-one. After four years building her career, she earned her doctorate, and with it, the future she's always planned: a promising new job, a devoted fiancé, and a life built on logic and achievement.
But when Nyla returns to the islands for her "mandatory" 30th birthday celebration, everything begins to unravel. Her parents disapprove of her fiancé. The air feels too heavy. The sea she's always loved is too close. Her quiet unease grows harder to ignore.
The island is changing. Or maybe she is.
Her past holds secrets, and her future is nothing like she imagined.

Nature's Deception is a slow-burn, romantic fantasy with strong emotional depth, worldbuilding, and character growth. While the tension builds over time, there are no sex scenes in this book.