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The Amaranthine Sea · Book I

Salt and Surrender

Sapphic Pirate Romantasy · March 23, 2026

🔥🔥🔥🔥 (4/5 spice · Open door)
Pages: 276 ASIN: B0FP9SK21J Format: Kindle, Paperback
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The Story

Women rule the waves. The dead rule the shore. Love rules them both.

In 1720, the Caribbean belongs to women and monsters.

Captain Eleanor "Nell" Blackwood of the Royal Navy lives for duty, clean lines on a map, and a ship that runs like clockwork. Her vessel is her pride, her uniform a shield for the heart she keeps locked away. But when a brutal clash leaves her ship broken and her crew scattered, she wakes bound on the deck of a French privateer, staring up into the cold smile of its captain.

Marguerite "Marin" Devereaux has earned every whispered legend about La Sirène Noire. Clever, merciless, and beautiful in a way that feels like a warning, she should ransom the English captain or throw her overboard. Instead, she keeps Nell close where she can watch her, in a cabin with only one bed and nowhere to run.

Tempers flare. Hands stray where they shouldn't. But when the Turned trap them on a fog-shrouded island, Nell and Marin must trust the one woman they most want to hate, and can't stop wanting.

Storms are gathering. The Admiralty is hunting. On a sea that demands blood for every choice, one question remains:

What will they surrender first—their duty, or their hearts?

Tropes: Enemies to lovers · Forced proximity · Captive romance · Sapphic · One bed · Pirate romance · Paranormal

Book Details

Formats

Kindle (Kindle Unlimited), Paperback

Pages

276 (print)

Publisher

Moonlit Forge Press

ASIN

B0FP9SK21J

ISBN

979-8998772658

Publication Date

March 23, 2026

Categories

Lesbian Romance · Romantasy · LGBTQ+ Romance · Action & Adventure Romance

Cover Artist

Amarin

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