A young widow falls in love with a creature of the sea while trying to escape her old life. 𓇼 All Margaret has ever wanted is control over her own life. But when she is left a widow at just twenty years old with no child to inherit the family fortune, she is expected to remarry and produce an heir as soon as she is out of mourning. Margaret instead flees her oppressive family and finds sanctuary in a seaside cottage left to her by her late aunt. She knows it's only a matter of time before they realize where she went, but in the meantime, she will make the most of her last few days of freedom. But one day, she finds a man laying on the beach and when she goes to help him, she realizes it's not a man at all, but a merman from the stories her aunt used to tell her. Margaret saves his life and not long after, she encounters the creature again - this time walking on land like any other man. Margaret finds herself becoming a part of the most well-kept secret in town and even begins falling in love with him, but she knows she can't stay in this dream forever. Sooner or later, she will have to make a choice - stay with the man she loves and lose her fortune or return to the comfortable life she had before. © All Rights Reserved Cover done by me {A 50,000 - 60,000 word standalone novel}