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Fantasy romance

The Captain's Mermaid Bride

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A lottery marriage binds a nursing student to a stoic captain, awakening her dormant mermaid heritage and changing the sea's bounty.

At twenty-two, Elena abandons nursing school when a lottery forces her into a contract marriage with Captain Cole Morgan to settle her family's crushing debt. She braces for a bleak life with a man known for his icy demeanor, yet discovers genuine warmth from his mother Margaret and a husband whose stern exterior shields profound devotion.

Elena's arrival coincides with a miraculous shift in the ocean: rare treasures surface at low tide and fishing nets burst with record hauls. An infant seashell pendant she wears begins to pulse, signaling the awakening of a mermaid lineage she never knew she possessed, tying her fate to the Tide-Folk.

Key points

  • Lottery marriage clears family debt
  • Mermaid heritage awakens with oceanic miracles
  • Captain funds wife's nursing career

Suits

Audiences who prefer fantasy romance with a contract-marriage foundation will appreciate this coastal tale.

  • fantasy
  • romance
  • contract-marriage
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