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A Court of Salt and Serpent: An Enemies-to-Lovers Fantasy Romance of Undersea Kingdoms and Forbidden Love
Paperback
Series: Fantasy & Supernatural
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 1 2026
Pages: 218
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
I was offered as a sacrifice to the monster of the deep. But I refuse to drown.
For fifty years, the human kingdom of Saltmere has bled into the sea, decimated by a brutal war against the immortal Fae of the Abyss. Princess Nerida Ashworth has spent her entire life overlooked-the useless third daughter who studies military strategy in the shadows while her brother marches their soldiers to their deaths.
But when the ruthless Sea King offers a permanent peace treaty, his price is terrifyingly simple: a royal human bride.
To save her starving people, Nerida volunteers to be the sacrifice. She is dragged into the lightless depths, forced to drink a burning magical draught that transforms her flesh into a creature of the sea, binding her to the Abyssal Court forever.
King Lysander is an ancient, lethal ruler carrying a terrible curse. He expects a weeping, fragile human who will break under the crushing pressure of his deadly realm. Instead, he gets Nerida-a brilliant, defiant tactician with a hidden blade in her hair and murder in her eyes.
In a luminous, terrifying world of living coral, bioluminescent magic, and treacherous Fae nobility, surviving the wedding is only the first trial. The Undersea Court is a viper's nest of betrayal, and someone is actively trying to orchestrate the destruction of both kingdoms.
Forced into a magical bond that links their minds, their power, and their deepest desires, Nerida and Lysander must ally to stop a war that could awaken ancient gods from the Deepest Dark. But as the icy, monstrous king slowly unravels before her, Nerida realizes the greatest danger isn't the assassins hunting her in the dark.
It's the suffocating, inescapable heat burning between her and her husband.
Lysander is a monster who has lived for three centuries in the dark. But for his brilliant, lethal human queen, he might just burn the ocean down.
A Court of Salt and Serpent is an addictive, high-stakes dark fantasy romance perfect for fans of treacherous Fae courts, morally grey kings, and brilliant heroines who outsmart everyone in the room.
Tropes & Themes:
Enemies to Lovers
Arranged Marriage / Marriage of Convenience
Monster Romance / Fae King
Touch Her and You Die Vibes
Badass, Strategic FMC
Slow Burn to High Heat
Magical Underwater Kingdom
Fated Mates & Soul Bonds
Lethal Court Politics & Royal Intrigue
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