Captain Thorne Varak watches the grey waves from the deck of his blood-stained ship. They call him the Drowned Warlord. He is a pirate who drains the life from anyone he claims. After a brutal sea battle, he takes Elara Voss as his latest prize. Thorne expects her to be another victim to feed his dark hunger. The smell of salt and old gunpowder hangs heavy in his cabin. Elara is not a typical captive. She does not wither under his ritual bindings of salt and blood. Instead, she gets stronger every time they meet. Her rare gift wakes up. It turns the warlord's predatory focus into a dangerous game for them both. Their powers collide in intense unions. The balance of control starts to shift. What began as a prison sentence becomes a magnetic pull that neither can stop. Thorne is torn. He wants to dominate her, but he also feels a strange need to protect her. Elara fights her attraction to the man who ruined her old life. Giving in to their bond might wake the slumbering Leviathan beneath the waves. This connection is their only weapon in a world that is changing fast. They are both reaching into the abyss. Will their devotion save them or wake the monster in the deep? *** Each book in the Tides of Blood & Salt series is a standalone dark fantasy romance, where power, obsession, and the sea collide and every claim comes with a price. The smell of brine and old blood hangs heavy over the cursed seas. Five ruthless captains rule these tides with an iron grip. Each one is marked by ancient rituals that turn raw desire into power. The women they take aboard are more than just captives. They are the keys to a forbidden magic. These bonds make it hard to tell the difference between being owned and giving in. Relics of a sleeping Leviathan are starting to rise from the deep. Every touch and every claim pulls the crew closer to a force that eats both body and soul. The wood of the ships creaks under the weight of the dark water. Love is never a soft thing here. It is a dangerous, physical hunger that no one can fight. To be claimed by the tide is to lose your entire world. Yet you will find yourself wanting more of it. Will the dark waters swallow you whole or set you free?