Mermaids Don't Blush

On the sun-drenched reef kingdom of Thalassa Vey, broke pearl diver Tindara Scalia is desperate to save her drought-stricken island, which hasn’t seen rain in three years. Her plan? Swallow a sea-witch’s scale, grow a tail for seven tides, and enter the merman prince’s bride trials to win the legendary Rain Pearl. There’s just one problem: Prince Nerio recognizes her as human within ten minutes—and humans who enter the trials are fed to the Undertow. But Nerio has a secret agenda of his own: if no bride is crowned by the seventh tide, he’ll finally be free to leave the sea forever. With Tindara fighting for her island and Nerio fighting for his freedom, their goals may be at odds—or dangerously intertwined.