A substitute bride finds her monstrous groom is the one being hunted.
Desperate for her father's cure, Aria Blackwell takes her stepsister's place at the altar, marrying Ronan Vale, the Merman King whispered to have slaughtered seven brides. Beneath the waves, she uncovers the truth: every previous wife was an assassin dispatched to kill him. With enemies circling from both the surface and the deep, the pair must trust each other's secrets to survive the conspiracies targeting his throne and her life.
fantasy
romance
contract-marriage
enemies-to-lovers
What draws you in
Substitute bride enters deadly underwater court
Seven dead wives were actually assassins
Enemies close in from land and sea
You'll love it if
You love arranged-marriage fantasy where a feared ruler and his brave spouse expose hidden killers together.
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