Duchess Beneath the Sea

A princess delivered to a foreign shore. A prince bound by duty. A sea that remembers vows the living have forgotten.
Princess Olivia Ashbourne crosses the gray waters to Albion under the guard of royal warships, not for love, but for an arranged marriage meant to protect two kingdoms from war. Prince Theodore Hawthorne is expected to accept her as his bride, yet he is as trapped by the crown as she is. In the halls of Ravenport Castle, every smile hides judgment, every supper becomes a test, and every promise is tangled with duty.
But beneath the cold stone, the sea is stirring.
As Olivia and Theodore move from resentment to uneasy alliance, ancient magic begins to rise from the deep. Forgotten contracts, hidden gates, blood-bound trials, and the power of the ocean threaten to claim Olivia before love has the chance to save her. To survive, she must discover who she truly is and decide whether the heart can choose what kingdoms have already commanded.
The Duchess Beneath the Sea is a gothic oceanic fantasy romance filled with royal duty, mermaid mystery, forbidden magic, sacrifice, and a love born between land and sea.