Whispers of the Drowned
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Whispers of the Drowned
Beneath the waves, something calls to her. Something she refuses to become.
Born a siren but cursed with a conscience, she has spent her life hiding from the creatures she was meant to call kin. Unlike them, she does not hunt. She does not drown men with her song. She does not crave the taste of fear. But the ocean does not forget its own, and neither do the monsters lurking beneath its depths.
When a ruthless pirate prince crosses her path, their fates become tangled in a deadly game of secrets and survival. He is searching for something-something powerful, something ancient. And he believes she is the key.
But as the sea begins to stir and sirens rise from the deep, she realizes the truth:
She is not the hunter.
She is the hunted.
A dark, slow-burn fantasy romance filled with danger, betrayal, and the haunting whispers of the drowned.
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