The Wicked Sea

The Wicked Sea is a dark and sultry, enemies-to-lovers romantasy where a mermaid battles hatred and lust for the wretched warlock who saved her life.

On the run from a dangerous captor and years of abuse, Mermaid Zephyra of the Syl has shed her tail, grown legs, and hidden herself on land in the merrow-loathing kingdom of Mortia, left to steal and barter on the dirty streets. However, her freedom is short-lived when she's caught and sentenced to death by the brutal warlock, Arion Stone.

Arion is as beautiful as he is cold and deadly, only interested in punishing the merrow he views as evil. He has grown as strong as any warlock might, but at great personal cost, which can only be remedied by the heart of the God of Death, lost to a fabled kingdom beneath the ocean's treacherous depths.

Arion offers Zephyra a deal she can't refuse: help him find the mystical heart, and he'll spare her life. With no other options, Zephyra agrees, entangling their souls and forbidden desires in a magical bargain until death do they part.

But their enemies are circling, and if Zephyra and Arion can't learn to fight together—and trust each other—there are worse things awaiting them than just death.