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In the blue holes of Andros Island, something ancient lives. The Bahamian people know it— lthey feel it in the way insects go silent at dusk, in the boats that come back empty, in the children who don't come home. They call it the Lusca. They do not know what it wants. They only know to stay away from the water after dark.

Naomi Anderson has never had the luxury of caution. Sold by her aunt at sixteen into a marriage she didn't choose, she runs the night before the wedding—and falls straight into a blue hole.

What pulls her out is not a man.

A fragile, impossible bond forms between a runaway bride and a creature three hundred years older than mercy. But their love is a heresy the Lusca cannot allow—and Naomi is something neither the darkness nor the warriors hunting it have ever encountered before.

Liquid Sunlight is a Gothic Bahamian Historical Romantasy set in 1930s Andros Island.

Loosely inspired by the true story of Naomi Anderson—who really did run.

CMC Brown is a Bahamian author of Gothic Romantasy.Born and raised in the Bahamas, she draws on Bahamian folklore, Lucayan history, and the haunted landscapes of the islands to build worlds that feel both ancient and newly discovered. Her debut novel, Liquid Sunlight, is the first book in a four-part series set in 1930s Andros.A neurodivergent storyteller, she considers her autism and ADHD the engine behind her immersive worldbuilding and is a passionate advocate for neurodivergent representation in fiction.Before turning to original storytelling, CMC Brown spent years honing her craft in ghostwriting and fanfiction-a community she credits with teaching her everything she knows about tension, pacing, and emotional stakes.Find out more about her on Instagram @cmcbrown