The Merfolk’s Knot

Age Gap, Fated Mates, Monster Romance with Knotting

To answer his song was to surrender her world.

Marine biologist Cora Tide is consumed by her work on the dying Great Barrier Reef when a deep, hypnotic song lures her into an uncharted canyon. She discovers its source is Maris, the magnificent, dangerous, and solitary Tide-King of a lost underwater city. Drawn by a pull she can’t explain, Cora makes a choice with her body that her mind screams against: she takes his hand and follows him into the abyss.
In his sunken kingdom of Oakhis, Maris’s loneliness twists into a dark possession. He is the king of a fortress besieged by mindless horrors, and Cora’s presence has made his home a brighter target. To ensure her obedience and his survival, he must claim her completely. His cold, articulate commands become the language of her submission as he teaches her the brutal, explicit pleasures of his alien body.
But when the horrors of the deep breach their walls, Cora must evolve from captive to warrior. She must choose to trust her monster and use her human mind to help him win a desperate battle. Their victory forges a new, twisted bond, one sealed not in a dungeon, but in their shared bed. To survive, she must embrace the darkness, becoming the queen to his terrifying king.

This standalone book has themes of monster romance, human/non-human relationship, possessive anti-hero, forced proximity, alien anatomy, knotting, breeding instincts, dark romance, power imbalance, and a happily ever after.