The Drowned Kingdom

Book Advertisement for The Drowned Kingdom by Jess RaeShe was never meant to be the bride. Every seven years, the kingdom of Avenmere gives one woman to the sea. No one questions the offering. No one follows the chosen girl into the waves. No one comes back. Until Liora Vane takes her best friend's place and throws herself into the black tide. Instead of death, she wakes beneath the ocean in a drowned palace ruled by Prince Nerian, a cursed heir bound to an ancient gate and the monster sleeping behind it.
He says she is the wrong bride. The sea says otherwise. Now Liora is tied by blood, breath, and forbidden magic to a prince she does not trust - and may not be able to resist. But the offerings were never holy. The brides were never chosen by the sea. And the kingdom above has been lying for centuries. To save the shore, the drowned realm, and the child both worlds would use as a key, Liora must face broken crowns, dead brides, royal betrayal, and a love dangerous enough to become its own kind of vow.
Because the sea does not want another sacrifice. It wants the truth. The Drowned Kingdom by Jess RaeAn adult fantasy romance of cursed kingdoms, forbidden love, deadly bargains, and a woman who refuses to be anyone's offering.