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Whispers of the Deep

by Emma Hamm

🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate·spoiler·Deep Waters #1
Available on Kindle Unlimited

Why Read This?

You'll be obsessed with the slow-burn growth between a human engineer and a merman, delivering satisfying angst and unique world-building.

Synopsis

One of the many engineers that keeps Beta, the city under the sea, running, Mira only wants to make her family proud and to prove herself worthy. She knows the mysterious city better than anyone and it’s her dream to help it flourish. But then, on a solo job in an abandoned section of the city, she encounters a monster of legend. An undine. A dangerous merman from an ancient civilization, long forgotten. Arges has fought his entire life for his people. With deadly creatures under his control, he plans to eradicate Beta once and for all to protect his kind and their peaceful way of life. But when a human woman saves him, she unknowingly creates a bond between them, one he can’t ignore. Even though her flaming red hair haunts his dreams, he needs her for information on the undine’s enemies. So he steals her. Keeps her. Feeds her. Only to realize their bond is far deeper than captor and captive. He cannot let her go—but he cannot keep her under the sea. In a battle to determine if love can survive a war beneath the waves, it will be their decision that changes the tides.

At a Glance

3.91 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate
Endingspoiler
PairingM/F
Romance Pacingslow burn

Top Tropes

captive romanceforced proximitymonster romance

Mood

romanticdarkmysteriousintenseatmospheric

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

3.91 ★

Page Count

381 pages

Published

2024

Primary Genre

Monster Romance

Pairing

M/F

POV

Dual POV

Romance Pacing

Slow Burn

Cliffhanger

spoiler

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Standard

Narrator

Unknown Narrator

Narrator Count

Single

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
Theme Constellation

Mood & Vibe

Mood

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Spice Details 🌶️

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deathkidnappingtraumaviolencecaptivitydubious consentgrief

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