A bought-at-auction fantasy romance between a mermaid being sold into slavery and the merman soldier who will pay with all that he has. Living in Prince Neptune’s Royal Court is hell. War is hard. Everyone has to make terrible sacrifices for the good of the kingdom. But the Prince knows how to keep his top soldiers engaged. Selected sirens are offered as prizes to high-ranking men. Only officers with bank can pay for the privilege… the desirable auctions keep the rank-and-file armies in check and have the added bonus of keeping all mermaids as slaves. 💰 Ellara is up for auction today. The siren has no choice. Someone will buy her at sale or she’ll be killed in the town square. For Neptune’s troops, it would be a delightful end to the maid. The whole kingdom hates the mermaid for what she last did. Attacking the city, springing the other maids to their freedom. Ellara’s only hope of survival rests with the most dangerous merman in Viridian and one single pearl. That’s his bid. ❤️ The toughest soldier in the sea, Prince Neptune’s first in command buys the mermaid. While watching her murder may have been fun for the men, he’s got darker plans for the maid. Ellara has plans too. To survive, save her friends, and revive her merman sweetheart, the mermaid will stop at nothing to escape from her cage. She will flee the royal court. And if that requires her to engage dangerous, underwater magic and befriend a brazen and mythical creature to save the day, then that’s what she’ll do. 🥀 Could she possibly be so charming as to outwit the black-hearted man who’s paid to enslave her? Or will her drastic bid for freedom destroy everything the mermaid is trying to save? 📚 Fierce and Delicate Mermaids is the heart-wrenching third book in the four-part, completed Broken Mermaids series—perfect for fans of forced proximity, hidden motives, societal uprising, found family, murder plots, and magical beings. The calm before the storm is over… it’s time to make waves. The Broken Mermaids series is best enjoyed in order. Reading Book #1: Cruel and Splendid Mermaids Book #2: Dark and Lovely Mermaids Book #3: Fierce and Delicate Mermaids Book #4: Wild and Elegant Mermaids Available now in kindle unlimited. Read all four.