Surrendering to Scylla
Wren K Morris
A vengeful sea monster can't bring herself to kill the soft-hearted sailor who sees past her curse.
Description
She was a sea monster who thrived on vengeance, until one soft-hearted sailor ruined it all.Scylla was a free-spirited nymph until she caught the eye of a sea god and a jilted goddess transformed her into a sea monster. She swore to take her vengeance from any male who sailed too close to her cliff, but a captive with a heart of gold ruins her plans.She can't kill him, and worse than that, she's attracted to him.Ophelos has been at the mercy of others his entire life. When a god leads his ship and crew to ruin, he awakens to find himself in the clutches of Scylla. She’s terrifying and powerful, but she’s also…more.He finds himself empathizing with her. Understanding her. Falling for her.As two broken beings try to find solace in each other, they must let go of their pasts to move forward. If that wasn't enough, the gods aren't done meddling in their lives, and Scylla and Ophelos must challenge the very deities that cursed them in the first place to survive.Surrendering to Scylla is a stand-alone romance novel in a shared universe. It has no cliffhanger and ends in a HEA. For a full list of tropes, tags, and CWs, please visit the author’s website.
Books like this
River of Shadows
Karina Halle
To free her father from the dead, she must marry the God of Death himself — for eternity.
10 tropes in common
When the Tides Held the Moon
Venessa Vida Kelley
A Boricua blacksmith in 1910s Coney Island falls in love with the merman imprisoned in the tank he built.
9 tropes in common
Her Feral Beasts
E.P. Bali
Hunted by five feral mates and locked in an academy prison — she must hide who she is or be bred for life.
7 tropes in common
Bloody Black
Rhiannon Hargadon
Blackbeard is a woman — a betrayed princess hunting vengeance, undone by the prisoner she can't bring herself to kill.
8 tropes in common
Bones
K.L. Speer
A healer scarred by twelve years of captivity is captured again — and falls for the warm heart of her captors' crew.
8 tropes in common
Promised to the Pyre: A New Adult Romantic Fantasy
Vendy Emberfield
A girl condemned to the pyre gets kidnapped by a demon warrior who wants her deadly magic — not her death.
8 tropes in common
What Fury Brings
Tricia Levenseller
A warrior princess kidnaps a prince to secure her throne — but grabbed the wrong brother.
7 tropes in common
The Sea Witch
Eva Leigh
A condemned witch-pirate captain and her navy prisoner must ally against a colonial empire — and resist each other.
8 tropes in common
The Goddess Of
Randi Garner
A powerless sea goddess hides among mortals — but one warm, selfless man makes her want to stay.
10 tropes in common
Pestilence (The Four Horsemen, #1)
Laura Thalassa
She shot the Horseman of Pestilence to save her town. Now she's his prisoner — and maybe his salvation.
9 tropes in common
A Ship of Bones and Teeth
Karina Halle
A mermaid-turned-princess escapes her abusive husband into the arms of a haunted pirate captain.
10 tropes in common
The Book of Azrael (Gods & Monsters, #1)
Amber V. Nicole
A vampire servant and an immortal World Ender must become unlikely allies — or something more dangerous.
8 tropes in common
Voidwalker
S.A. MacLean
A smuggler who walks between worlds is forced to partner with the immortal monster her people most fear.
8 tropes in common
Darkness Births the Stars
Sarah Lee Wohn
Two fallen gods—once lovers, then enemies—must unite to stop Chaos before it destroys the world they broke.
8 tropes in common
Kissed by the Gods
Caty Rogan
A divine kiss turns a fugitive into a prize — and the godsworn warrior who captured her into something more dangerous.
6 tropes in common
Heavenly Bodies
Imani Erriu
A cursed girl and an enemy prince train to fight the stars — but fate says their love will kill them both.
7 tropes in common
The Secrets of Jane: Forgotten
Charlotte Mallory
A mercenary with power over hearts and fears captures a woman hiding secrets — and finds himself obsessed.
8 tropes in common
Death Made Prince
Lisette Marshall
A runewitch and the necromancer she loathes must work together — but he won't raise her dead lover for free.
7 tropes in common
The Wolf and the Crown of Blood
Elizabeth May
An immortal assassin is sent to kill the sacrificial princess — but desire may be deadlier than death.
7 tropes in common
Immortal Longings
Chloe Gong
A princess-turned-assassin and a body-jumping exile must win a deadly tournament — or die trying.
9 tropes in common