Book 2: A Mermaid's Drowning
In a house where every desire has a price, Lady Aurora comes seeking the one thing she cannot buy: the truth about her missing brother. Summoned to Cottonwood, a mist‑drenched Newport estate ruled by the magnetic Mr. Vandhorn, she steps into a world of whispered bargains and velvet‑lined traps.
When the last person to see her brother alive collapses, poisoned, in her room, Aurora realizes she has become a target. And the only man who seems to want to protect her, the brooding Earl of Somerset, unsettles her with a longing she can’t afford to trust. His companion, the siren‑voiced Ondine, watches her with a smile too sharp to be friendly.
Only a sleek, feral serval seems to sense the danger closing in.
As secrets twist tighter than briar roses and seduction becomes a weapon, Aurora must decide whom to believe before the tide drags her under. At Cottonwood, love is never free… and the wrong desire can drown you.
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