He stole a dead man’s body. He never meant to steal the prince who came with it.Roan Maccallum was a Glasgow rugby captain until a bad hit dropped him through the world and into the body of Commander Drakhorn — a feared warlord on an enemy warship, in a realm where everyone has magic and Roan has none. One stolen name. One borrowed fleet. One secret that gets him killed the moment it slips.
And one captive he was never supposed to want.
Caelum Oyster, sixth prince of the Pearl Kingdom, boarded that ship expecting to die quietly. A year later he is still alive, still sharp as a blade, and starting to suspect the brute wearing the monster’s face is the only person in two worlds who has ever asked him what he wants.
Now the lie is running out of sea. To keep them both breathing, Roan has to turn a stolen ship into a real power — and the only weapon he has is a prince who thinks in three moves ahead.
From a starving warship to a free port full of knives to the burning trade roads of the desert, they fight, scheme, and slowly stop pretending. A commander who leads with his bare hands. A strategist who rules from the shadows. A bond neither of them chose at first, and both of them choose now.
But far away, in a rain-soaked hospital bed, the real Drakhorn is opening his eyes.
Inside this bookPortal fantasy romance — a magicless outsider rises from impostor to admiralEnemies to lovers, captor and captive — who reads the other better is never quite settledAlpha / omega, second heat — this time they face it with their eyes openInstinct to choice — a bond that turns from accident into decisionBrains and brawn — he wins the fights, the prince wins the warSlow burn to very high heat — with scent-marking, claiming, and a near bond-biteSea, free port, and desert — smuggler isles, sand-lords, and one stolen secret in a pearlSeries romance, no cliffhanger on the couple — Book Two of three; the bond only deepensBook One stranded them on a stolen ship. Book Two makes them a force. Book Three comes for the crown.
Reader advisory:
Intended for readers 18 and older. Contains on-page sexual content, strong language, and mature themes including heat cycles, knotting, scent-bonding, claiming bites, first-time experiences, and graphic violence. Please read responsibly.
