Bound to the Sea Goddess: A Goddess and Mortal Captain Romantasy

Captain Kaelen Thorne has survived mutiny, hunger, and deadly waters. None of it prepares him for the immortal power waiting beyond the edge of every known chart-or the oath that binds his fate to hers.When the Obsidian Wake enters the forbidden waters ruled by Thalassa, an ancient deity of tides and storms, Kaelen's defiance earns him something more dangerous than death: her attention. A supernatural Salt Oath connects their lives, leaving the fiercely independent captain tethered to a being who considers humanity fragile, temporary, and beneath her.But forced proximity changes them both.As Kaelen guides his crew through siren-haunted reefs, lost souls, divine laws, and treacherous currents, Thalassa begins experiencing the vulnerability she once dismissed. Hunger, exhaustion, sacrifice, loyalty, and desire draw the immortal closer to the human world-and to the captain willing to challenge everything she believes.Their growing connection threatens an ancient order that demands obedience from gods and sacrifice from humans.For readers craving divine forbidden love, forced proximity, slow-burn tension, dangerous voyages, supernatural oceans, and a romance powerful enough to challenge eternity.