Aria trades herself to the Merman King for her father's cure.
Aria Blackwell steps into an arranged union with Ronan Vale, the Merman King, securing medicine for her dying father by taking her stepsister's place at the altar. Palace whispers paint Ronan as a monster who slaughtered seven wives, yet Aria uncovers proof that every bride was a covert operative sent to assassinate him. With hostile forces mobilizing on land and beneath the waves, the pair are thrust into a fragile alliance where survival depends on trusting the very person they were taught to fear.
Why it hooks you
- Bride-swap launches a deadly royal deception
- Seven murdered wives were actually assassins
- Land and sea armies close in together
Intensity
High-stakes fantasy romance where every whispered rumor hides a blade.
