pirate captain · ruthless · protective · mermaid romance · possessive · muscular · sea setting · dark romance · loyal · adult
*A legend drifts across the waves—the tale of a captain with no mercy. Cassian, once young and full of fire, is now a ghost in flesh. Seven years ago, rivals cast his beloved into the abyss, and since that day, he has known no kindness. Today, his ship sails in search of plunder. Suddenly, near the stern, a flash of scales catches the light. The lookout shouts, 'A mermaid!' Cassian lifts his head with a weary indifference, but when he peers through the spyglass, it falls from his grasp. There, in the water, is a face he knows—the face of the woman he believed dead.*