Marked by the deep
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A carefree cruise turns into a fight for survival when Aria is swept into the ocean and saved by a mysterious merman with haunting purple eyes and secrets darker than the trench he calls home. Marked by ancient magic and bound to the Deep, Aria is thrust into a world where glowing temples hold ancient trials, sea creatures speak in thoughts, and her fate is no longer her own.
As she struggle to make sense of this underwater realm, one thing becomes clear: Nerion-her brooding, beautiful rescuer-is more than just a guardian. He's tied to her in ways neither of them understand. And as danger stirs in the depths, so does something else between them. Something powerful. Forbidden. And possibly... written in the tide.
Romance. Magic. Danger.
The sea didn't just save Aria.
It claimed her.
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