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Falling For the Pirate
A Little Mermaid and Peter Pan retelling with a twist
2026
First Published
4.08
Average Rating
234
Number of Pages

Part of Series

A siren with no song A lost boy who accidentally grew up It was supposed to be the perfect story… not her reality. Vera is a screenwriter at the end of her rope. She has always wanted to write a story that will bring a villainous twist to two of her favorite fairytales, but if her producer asks her to make one more edit to the script, she might just lose it. However, when she wakes up in the world of her script, she begins to think she has already lost it. Forced into the role of her main character, a vengeful siren by the name of Moira, Vera finds herself having to live through the story of the Little Mermaid… but as the villain of the tale. Struggling with how to get by with fins is bad enough, being doomed to get her heart broken in a love triangle of her own making is worse. But none of that compares to the fact that by some twist of fate, it seems her producer James is also in this story. And he is filling in the role of the notorious Captain Hook. James blames Vera for the fact that he is currently missing a hand and being hunted by a monstrous crocodile. He is also not too happy that his nemesis is a childlike force that is creepy beyond all reason. Now Vera finds herself having to get herself and her producer back home safely as she struggles to survive her own story and not fall in love with either her producer or the guy she made up. But as the plot progresses, she starts to wonder if she should have been kinder to her own characters. And maybe she should have written a happy ending after all. Falling for the Pirate is a retelling that combines elements of The Little Mermaid and Peter Pan. With a unique portal fantasy twist this villainous tale tells the love story between Captain Hook and the Sea Witch. Full of pirates, sirens, stressed screenwriters, and sea monsters this swashbuckling romantasy is the fifth book in the To Win a Dark Heart series which retells fairytales as old as time, but this time it’s the villain’s turn to get a happy ending.

Avg Rating
4.08
Number of Ratings
64
5 STARS
39%
4 STARS
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3 STARS
16%
2 STARS
3%
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Author

Nicki Chapelway
Nicki Chapelway
Author · 25 books

Nicki is a twenty-something author of swoony romantic fantasy. She has been writing since she was eleven and has since published several works. She enjoys creating stories with twisty-stabby faerie romances, retellings that take a darker turn, and epic fantasies in worlds full of monsters and magic. Nicki lives in Ohio where she spends far too much time watching TV, playing video games, and sleeping. She listens to music basically all the time, and adores obsessing over mythologies, her shows, and her slew of fictional boyfriends. When not writing, she can usually be found at her desk with either a paintbrush or a pen in her hand. Subscribe to her newsletter and receive two free books! https://mailchi.mp/b6ec5f4a74a5/subsc...

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