Sometimes you have to get lost to find your way back home ...

The Wild Beneath by Kelly Anderson is a mesmerizing novel about soulmates, homecoming and the deep currents that shape who we become. A moving tale of a woman torn between two worlds, between land and sea, love and destiny.

A story about coming of age, love and an ode to nature. Picked by Reese Witherspoon for Reese's Book Club Pick August 2026!

Annie MacLeod always knew she was different, growing up on a sailboat in the Pacific Northwest, navigating by stars and swimming with whales alongside her parents and best friend Evan. But when a tsunami shatters her world, Annie is stranded on land and forced to confront how eccentric she is. In the wreckage, she rescues a wordless man named Walker, who emits a hum only she can hear.

Their connection is instant, electric. Walker's touch gives Annie visions of the ocean's hidden world, a life she's never known but feels inexplicably drawn to. Yet even as she is pulled toward him, Evanthe steadfast love who has always been thereremains on dry land, offering the stability she may have to leave behind. Annie is torn between Evan's grounding presence and Walker's magnetic secrets. But then, Walker vanishes, along with the answers she needs about who she really is.

Six years later, Annie has left the sea and buried the pastuntil Walker's otherworldly sound returns, pulling her back toward the ocean and the life she abandoned. The truth under the water is more ancient than she ever could have known, and Annie must confront a choice that will test her heart and determine her future.

»If you love immersive, magical stories with unforgettable settings and books that spark great conversations, I think you're really going to love this one." Reese Witherspoon, August '26 Reese's Book Club Pick

For readers of Shelley Read and John Ironmonger, a spellbinding, haunting novel about one woman caught between her first love and a mysterious stranger who upends everythingand the two worlds that won't let her go.

»Ethereal...a story that reminds us sometimes the impossible is possible.« Jodi Picoult
»A haunting, heart-stopping debut.« Christina Baker Kline

English edition by Droemer

Englischsprachige Ausgabe bei Droemer Knaur

Vorwort

Sometimes you have to get lost to find your way back home ...