Yemaya Okimi, pearl huntress extraordinaire. My legend spans the world of Zaire, from coast to coast, and pier to pier. As a wind witch of the ancient Soulanni tribe, my destiny was written in the stars, to serve the gods and slay the alkelan who infest our ancestral waters. However, after the death of my mother, Pirate King Erick DuPonte binds my wind magic to his shadows, using my gifts to grow the Bonesaw Pirates’ illicit fortune. When my master sends me on a mission to pillage the sacred temple of the sea god Tidus, I know I am doomed to die. That is, until Tidus claims me as his mate and declares me the mother of his heir. Now I’m forced to navigate even more treacherous waters, bewitched and courted by a monster who has captured my body and my heart.
The Heir is the thrilling prequel to the Chronicles of Zaire, an epic Black romantasy series featuring mermaids, sky pirates, and tide magic with omegaverse elements.
My name is Theodosia Harmony, and on the ruthless high seas of Zaire, my affinity for tide magic will get me killed. The Pyroe Empire covets my ancestral power to win the war against their underwater nemesis, the Kingdom of Alkelan. Worse, I’m forced to flee to the Obsidian Isles, an isolated maroon community, when spies capture my parents.
I called on our goddess for protection and received hellfire in return. Clinging to life and betrayed by the sea witch who once sang my praises to the stars and gods, I sacrifice myself to the coral crown. Driven into exile due to the sea witch’s machinations, deposed Crown Prince Nauticus saves me and steals not only my heart but my soul, bound together as husband and wife by an ancient spell.
We set off united against our common enemies, determined to slay the witch, seize the throne, and destroy the dryland navy. Mated to magic, fated to die, and forsaken by the gods, it’s up to us to save the world.
Black Pearl is book one in the Chronicles of Zaire, an epic Black romantasy series featuring mermaids, sky pirates, and tide magic with omegaverse elements.