The Falling Merman

I thought my life was finally turning around. Hope was just within my reach. But when my dad's life hung in the balance, fate dragged me back to the edge. To save the person I love the most, I agreed to marry my cold-hearted, arrogant boss-a man who made one thing painfully clear: this is just a contract. There's no room for love. After a childhood filled with the pain and loss of my mom, my dad was my anchor, I couldn't afford to lose him. So I entered into a loveless marriage, bound to a man who buried his pain beneath a hardened shell. But as the days passed, I saw glimpses of his loneliness, his hidden vulnerability. Against my will, I started to fall for him, breaking the one rule he'd made: Never fall in love. Now, I face an impossible choice. If I give in to these forbidden feelings, I risk not only my heart but everything—my dad, my freedom, and the fragile connection we've begun to build. Can love survive when breaking the rules could shatter us both?

*Book 5* One mistake centuries ago left Lemuel cursed by the Goddess Merlos and forced to wander the earth granting the wishes of those who touch him. Lemuel was looking at an eternity of loneliness until his unexpected soulmate plucked him right out of the sea. Shocked to find he's been bound in more ways than one to Sebastian, the future King to the Kingdom of Atlesper, Lemuel resists Sebastian's advances at every turn, believing this may be one pairing Goddess Zarseti got wrong. Lemuel will have to face his past in hopes of starting a new future, but an overly flirtatious King is the least of his worries when he learns Sebastian's parents are convinced that a conniving usurper disguised as a curvy blonde, is the future king's true soulmate. A Queen Among Tides is the fifth book in the Queen Among series. Each story is set up in the previous book, so reading the books in order is recommended. Here are the books in the series: A Queen Among Alphas - Book 1 Bite-Size Luna - A Queen Among Alphas Prequel A Queen Among Snakes - Book 2 Runaway Empress - A Queen Among Snakes Prequel A Queen Among Blood - Book 3 Whole Again - A Queen Among Alpha's spin-off A Queen Among Darkness - Book 4 Dark Invocation - A Queen Among Darkness spin-off A Queen Among Tides - Book 5 Valor, Virtue, and Verve - A Queen Among Tides Prequel Spin-off A Queen Among Gods - Book 6 A Queen Among Tempests - Book 7

Alisa Dans Heart, seorang wanita muda yatim piatu yang baru saja lulus kuliah hendak meraih mimpi di pusat Kota Rekorstan yang terkenal maju dan mempunyai banyak sekali lapangan pekerjaan. Berpamitan dengan sang nenek semata wayangnya, Alisa pergi seorang diri tanpa ada seorang pun yang dikenalnya hingga tinggal di Apartemen Duluran karena murah harga sewanya. Tak disangka, dia malah mendapati tetangga aneh yang sangat mesum sekali tepat di sebelah kamarnya. Seorang pria dewasa yang begitu tampan tak lagi perlu diragukan. Sosoknya begitu sempurna ditambah dengan statusnya menjadi seorang CEO termuda dan terkaya. “Mengapa dia begitu sempurna dan busuk di saat bersamaan?” Sebuah pertanyaan yang membuat Alisa Dans Heart begitu penasaran tak lagi mampu membedakan sosok seorang pria dewasa dengan dua kepribadian. Penasaran? Lanjut baca aja ceritanya! Novel ini penuh dengan drama, romansa, komedi, dan fantasi timur. Harap bijak dalam membaca! Jangan lupa subscribe, share, dan kasih rating bintang 5 ya! Terima kasih!

Raskar ialah seorang pemuda berusia 7 tahun yang tersingkirkan dalam pergaulan karena menjadi anak dari istri ke-empat Sultan. Ibu Raskar merupakan wanita dari Wilayah Purnama yang merupakan rival bebuyutan Wilayah Sabit yang dipimpin oleh Sultan yang saat ini menjadi ayahnya. Keputusan Sultan menikahi wanita dari Wilayah Purnama sangat ditentang keras oleh semua orang dari Wilayah Sabit bahkan dari Wilayah Purnama sendiri turut mengutuk keputusan itu. Raskar yang terlahir dari hasil pernikahan keduanya menjadi musuh semua orang tidak peduli di mana dia berada. Bahkan dia tidak diizinkan memiliki nama belakang yang membuatnya tampak sedang diasingkan dari persaingan tahta para anak Sultan dan para Pendekar elit Wilayah Sabit. Mampukah Raskar membungkam hinaan semua orang serta menyatukan Wilayah Purnama dan Wilayah Sabit? Penasaran? Lanjut baca aja ceritanya! Novel ini penuh dengan drama, romansa, komedi, aksi, dan fantasi timur. Harap bijak dalam membaca! Jangan lupa subscribe, share, dan kasih rating bintang 5 ya! Terima kasih!

Bara Durkasa harus rela menerima kenyataan kalau sang istri tercinta mengkhianati dirinya hanya karena wajahnya yang sangat jelek dan buruk rupa. Dia yang terlahir tidak terlalu tampan hanya bisa pasrah melihat sang istri berselingkuh dengan lelaki lainnya yang jauh lebih tampan darinya. Lima tahun berlalu sejak saat itu. Bara masih trauma dan hanya fokus mencari kekayaan yang dia sembunyikan tanpa ada yang tahu. Seorang wanita cantik dengan satu anak tiba-tiba muncul dan diam-diam menaruh hati kepadanya. Mampukah wanita itu menaklukkan hati Bara yang sudah tertutup rapat itu? Penasaran? Lanjut baca aja ceritanya! Novel ini penuh dengan drama, romansa, komedi, dan rumah tangga. Harap bijak dalam membaca! Jangan lupa subscribe, share, dan kasih rating bintang 5 ya! Terima kasih!

I, Celine Walsh, and my dear sister, Caroline Walsh, became Pregnancy Maidens, who were fertile for merfolk, through the ingestion of special elixirs. We were betrothed to the merfolks through a political marriage. In my previous life, I had chosen a silver-finned merman who was powerfully built, but rough on the eyes. With him, I gave birth to several black-finned mer-children that were prized pedigree. Through them, I was elevated to the status of Crown Princess, enjoying a life of luxury and a prolonged lifespan of several centuries. Meanwhile, Caroline, who picked the purple-finned merman only ever gave birth to red-finned mer-children, which was considered the lowest of lows. For that, she became the laughingstock of the merfolk. Driven to madness by her jealousy, she took my inner pearl, turned me into minced meat and fed me to the fishes. When I finally opened my eyes again, I found myself back on the day of my wedding. This time, Caroline quickly chose the silver-finned merman without any hesitation. Unbeknownst to her, rising to power through her children was not as easy as she had imagined. The silver-finned merman was a promiscuous and depraved one, the very embodiment of cruelty. His favorite activity? Torturing a pregnant lady…

All Avisa had known in all her 21 years as a siren is the ocean, but all that changes when stupid kidnappers brought her to land, there she meets an arrogant vampire. After an awful first encounter, Avisa feels rejuvenated in tormenting him. All Dean knew was pain and neglect, but after meeting a certain siren, it seems humiliation is the new thing in his vocabulary, vowed to get back at the annoying siren. The two who despise each other and fate that seem to despise both of them, who will win a siren, a vampire or my good friend fate.

The Beast Nation sent our royal family two beast slaves as a token of goodwill after they were defeated. My concubine-born younger sister took the tall and upstanding white tiger with piercing eyes, leaving me and the dying merman to look at each other. In my previous life, I took the merman as my personal bodyguard and trained him out of compassion. I spent a fortune to treat his injuries, and I even bought his slave contract at the price of ten cities and set him free. He also took great care of me, staying by my side day and night. I thought we were both in love, so I turned down dozens of marriages and stood by him with all my heart despite everyone's loud disapproval. However, when the beasts attacked again and threw my sister and me into the surging river, I frantically pleaded with the merman to save me, only to be violently slammed under the water by his massive tail. I watched helplessly as he carried my sister away. I realized at that moment that he had only given himself to me to save his own life. He had remained loyal to me even after regaining his freedom because he wanted to see my younger sister. I struggled in the filthy river, eventually suffocating as my lungs filled with mud and sand. When I reopened my eyes, I was transported back to the day of the beast slave selection. Looking at the dying merman, I covered my nose and taunted, "Where did this dead fish come from? It reeks!"

One of the most painful things on earth is to lose a loved one. Whether in death or heartbreak. It's a pain different from all others. You feel every burn, every ache, your senses awaken, and greedily await a memory to sip in and then wreck your entire being. She took everything. His Light. His Heart. His Soul. It had no end. For years it went on like it would never end. But, it did. Just in passing, a normal day, a day like every other, but it was the day, his heart danced truly and his chest tighten as if a fierce wind had passed by, blending with his soul, leaving a suffocating feeling in his chest, a choking sensation in his throat, there was a pressure making it hard to breathe. ******* "My heart has heated for the human and my blood has flown for him. Every time I thought of him, my heart would ache. It would ache so much I couldn't breathe, the feeling of despair, yet sweetness... Even so, I still couldn't stop thinking about him." So...this is how it feels to love a person. "I belong to you, just as this merman belongs to the seas. Like a falling leaf belongs to its roots." "Nothing can stop me from falling into your embrace." ******* ®®

Naomi West fleas her pack after being beaten and whipped for seducing her mated alpha. After escaping to Bloodmoon Bay she finds herself with few options, out of money with no home or family she takes a job at The Merman Claw inn where she meets a stranger with deadly consequences.