The Fate of Stars: Sea and Stars, Book 1

When a mermaid is ripped from the ocean depths and caged as a curiosity in a brutal land empire, her only path to freedom runs straight through the cold hands of her captor's princess — and her people's deadliest enemy.

Tallora has spent her life in the boundless freedom of the sea. Now she's a prize, a spectacle, stripped of everything she knows and forced to survive in a world that sees her as less than human. Her situation couldn't be more desperate — unless, of course, you count the fact that Princess Dauriel is her best chance at survival.

Dauriel is infamous for her ruthlessness and a political history steeped in blood and betrayal. She is the last person Tallora should trust, let alone need. Yet as war threatens to consume both their worlds and shatter the fragile peace between their species, these two women find themselves locked in an alliance neither wanted and neither can escape.

What unfolds is something neither of them planned for — something far more dangerous than war.

This sweeping LGBTQ+ dark fantasy romance pulls readers into a richly built world of ocean kingdoms and ruthless empires, where hatred runs centuries deep and love grows in the most impossible soil. With sizzling tension, morally complex characters, and sky-high stakes, *The Fate of Stars* is a forbidden romance that burns brightest in the darkest of places.

Some enemies were never meant to stay enemies.