To Kill a Kingdom

Princess Lira is siren royalty, a predator of the sea legendary for the seventeen hearts of princes she's collected. Prince Elian is heir to a powerful kingdom, but his true calling is the ocean, where he captains a deadly crew with a single purpose: to hunt and eradicate sirens. They are each other's most feared enemy, two sides of a war as old as the kingdoms themselves. When Lira defies her mother, the Sea Queen, her punishment is to be turned into the one thing she despises most—a human. Stripped of her voice and given until the winter solstice, Lira must deliver the heart of the siren-hunting prince to the Sea Queen or remain human forever. In a twist of fate, she is rescued by none other than Prince Elian himself. He sees a helpless woman who may hold the key to his quest; she sees her only chance at salvation. This dark retelling of a classic tale forces two mortal enemies into a fragile alliance, questioning what it means to be a monster and what it means to be human as they navigate a journey that could either destroy both their worlds or unite them.