Sunken
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Arie-Anne Sandra has her head on her shoulders. Interning at a top ocean research center, she’s setting out to further her thesis on communication between marine species and make a name for herself as an oceanographer. But when she gets the opportunity to tag along in an excursion, what she doesn’t expect is to find herself sucked into an entirely different world. Suddenly it’s fins instead of legs, magic instead of logic, and a prophecy instead of formulas. When a handsome, guarded Prince is thrown into the mix, Arie-Anne has to step up her game to keep up and prove herself . Getting pulled deeper and deeper into the blue she soon discovers that what secrets lie in the ocean aren't as peaceful as she once thought and that she must fight to keep her heart and her mind from sinking any deeper.
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