Pacharida "Ploy" Lertpaisarn trusts calculations, evidence, and structures that can be proven.
Unfortunately, the sea makes her violently sick.
When a dangerous response is detected in an offshore wind turbine, Ploy is assigned to lead the structural investigation. Reaching the site requires twenty-eight days aboard MV Northlight—and the cooperation of Captain Thalinee "Thali" Wongsiri.
Two years ago, a technical review bearing Ploy’s name helped turn one of Thali’s safety decisions into an "avoidable delay." No formal action was taken, but contracts disappeared, references changed, and Thali learned that giving shore teams more information only created more ways for them to question her judgment.
Now Ploy needs the captain whose career her report helped damage.
As worsening weather closes their access windows, the investigation uncovers a fatigue crack that the approved model cannot fully explain. Ploy and Thali must combine engineering evidence with the observations of the people actually working on the vessel—without allowing deadlines, attraction, or old resentment to compromise the decisions that keep everyone alive.
Every crossing forces Ploy to admit that competence does not make her invulnerable.
Every delay forces Thali to decide whether trusting Ploy again is worth the risk.
And as professional boundaries give way to a relationship neither woman planned for, they discover that surviving the sea may be easier than building a future without silently choosing it for each other.
The Engineer Who Hated the Sea is a slow-burn sapphic workplace romance featuring enemies to lovers, forced proximity, competent heroines, offshore adventure, mutual care, open-door intimacy, and a complete happily-ever-after ending.
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