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This Splintered Sea

by Haley J. Munroe

A sea-cursed princess enters a dangerous contest

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A sea-cursed princess enters a dangerous contest

Briar’s past as a feared sea captain collides with her present as a spy at an enemy court. Cursed to remain on land, where even seawater would kill her, she enters a competition whose prize could undo that curse. To take part, she adopts a pirate’s identity—one already being pursued by Kressa, a bounty hunter competing in the same trials. Their connection is tangled further by Briar’s assignment to spy on Kressa and by magic awakened through a kiss. The contest, stolen identity, and covert mission bring political intrigue and romantic tension into a fantasy adventure shaped by Briar’s struggle to reclaim what she lost.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in sapphic fantasy romance and a central relationship between two women.
  • Readers who enjoy fantasy plots involving competitions, undercover identities, curses, and maritime adventure.
  • Readers drawn to court intrigue alongside pirate and bounty-hunter elements.

Themes

Curses and lost powerStolen identitiesCompetition and ambitionCourt intrigue and betrayalSapphic romance

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Book overview

Fifty competitors, three trials, two stolen identities, and one princess desperate enough to risk it all.

Let the games begin.

 

Killing her betrothed and fleeing an arranged marriage was meant to free Briar, the Princess of the Sea, from a life trapped on land and chained to a throne. Powerful, ruthless, and wild, she once sailed the seas under her queen mother's rule as the feared captain of The Twelfth Night.

 

A decade later, she's a pickpocket and the king's favorite courtesan in a foreign, enemy court, working as an undercover spy while having a secret affair with the queen. As punishment for her murderous revenge, she's stuck on land-cursed, forgotten to history, and stripped of her ruthless power that once made her so formidable. One spray of the sea against her skin will kill her.

 

She's trapped, hiding in plain sight, until the King announces a competition in which the winner will be granted a single wish-a wish that could undo her curse. Determined, she conceals herself as a pirate, and magically seals herself to The Gales and its trials.

 

Only, the pirate identity she stole is being hunted by notorious bounty hunter and fellow trials competitor, Kressa-the same bounty hunter Briar is supposed to seduce and spy on as a courtesan.

 

The same woman whose kiss ignited Briar's dormant magic, breaking all the rules of her curse.

 

The adventure in Pirates of the Caribbean meets the romance of The Serpent of the Wings of Night in This Splintered Sea, a heart-wrenching sapphic romance full of adventure, intrigue, and betrayal.

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