the sirens of adria series
giving fairytale princesses a mermaid tail and a good rail
Of song and scepter: the little mermaid, but she's stabby
A deep sea siren who’s never seen the sun comes to the surface… to ruin the life of a 6’5 cinnamon roll siren prince.
After years of hunting sirens in the black depths of the Drink, Enna Valomir can finally see the light. One more job as a death-dealer, and her ruthless master Odissa will set her free.
But that final assignment is anything but usual. Odissa has hatched her most dangerous plan yet: disguised as a dead princess, she will infiltrate the Coral Kingdom, court the siren-shifter prince, and steal his throne. To win her freedom, Enna must accompany her as a handmaid and use her song magic to convince the surface court of her master’s ruse.
But the siren prince is kind. Charming. He’s everything Enna never expected in a sun-drencher—and he’s obsessed with her wicked charms. Compelled to protect him but oath-bound to silence, she must watch the prince descend into ruin, or warn him… and die.
An interconnected standalone in the Sirens of Adria series, Of Song and Scepter is a twisted, spicy romantasy retelling of The Little Mermaid where SHE’S morally grey, with fast-burn forbidden romance and mer courts instead of fae.
Featuring your favorite romantasy tropes:
- stabby little mermaid vibes
- forbidden love
- fast burn & he falls first
- blood oaths & sea witch bargains
- hidden identities
- HE’S a hopeless romantic
- SHE’S emotionally unavailable
morally grey FMC - 6’5 cinnamon roll siren prince
- tropical fantasy romance
This book is intended for mature audiences and includes content not recommended for readers under the age of 18. Of Song and Scepter contains: profanity, violence, explicit sexual intimacy, battle sequences, monsters, knife violence, blood, past death of a parent to murder, past death of a parent to suicide, physical abuse, and emotional abuse. This is dark fantasy but not dark romance; intimate scenes do not contain the violent elements described.
Please read safely. If you have any questions, or you’re wondering about the presence of a trigger not listed here, please contact me by email: author@lieslwest.com
Spicy scenes and where to find or avoid them in Of Song and Scepter:
- Chapter Nineteen
- Chapter Thirty-Two
- Chapter Forty-Two
- Chapter Forty-Three (first half)
- Chapter Fifty-Six (second half)
of rime and ruin: Beauty and the beast meets jekyll and hyde
A kingdom on the edge.
A monster in the depths.
And a bond that could rule or ruin…
Princess Nahlani of the Brine would rather master her siren magic than endure the responsibilities of court. So, when she’s threatened with an arranged marriage to a land-bound prince, Nahla flees—only to swim into the icy domain of the cruel Frost King.
King Aethan rules a Rime in ruins, his cold exterior concealing an unspoken shame: a curse that turns him into a bloodthirsty, unpredictable threat to his own people. The siren spy in his waters doesn’t know it yet, but she’ll be safer in behind bars…
Determined to escape her new captor, Nahla’s magic sparks a forbidden alliance. Unaware of the bond she’s formed with the kingdom’s most feared creature—the fabled clawbeast—Aethan moves her from prison to palace.
But as the truth of the beast unravels, so does the distance between Nahla and Aethan, leaving them to confront a dangerous and undeniable attraction.
Part of the Sirens of Adria series, Of Rime and Ruin is a fantasy romance retelling of Beauty and the Beast with enemies to lovers romance and an arctic mermaid twist.
Featuring your favorite romantasy tropes:
- beauty and the beast vibes
- arctic mermaids
- enemies to lovers
- a grumpy Frost King
- Jekyll/Hyde beast shifter who secretly simps for her
- hot chocolate fixes everything
- only one polar bear
- animal telepathy
- telepathically connected mates
- slow-burn tension
- winter fantasy romance
This book is intended for mature audiences and includes content not recommended for readers under the age of 18. Of Rime and Ruin contains: profanity, explicit sexual intimacy, bestiality, blood/gore/descriptions of corpses, past death of a parent, slight suicide ideation, medical malpractice, young person’s loss of limb, and hunting of animals.
Please read safely. If you have any questions, or you’re wondering about the presence of a trigger not listed here, please contact me by email: author@lieslwest.com
Spicy scenes and where to find or avoid them in Of Rime and Ruin:
- Chapter Thirty-Six
- Chapter Forty-Four
- Chapter Fifty
- Chapter Sixty-Three*
*Please note you will miss a key plot point if you skip this chapter. Read the spice summary for context.
SPOILERS BELOW
36. The spice occurs throughout the chapter. Nahla wakes up in the Frost King’s bed inside and ice-shelter. During intimacy, she notices several similarities between the king and the Beast and comes to the conclusion they are the same person, somehow.
44. The spice occurs throughout the chapter. The Beast takes Nahla for a swim and shows her the underwater library in the old city, where they have sex. During intimacy, the Beast becomes overwhelmed and turns animalistic, consumed by his instincts, and accidentally hurts Nahla with his claws. He takes her to see Lucas.
50. The spice begins halfway through the chapter. After they dance, Aethan places Nahla on his throne, where they share an intimate moment. At the end, Nahla asks Aethan to rescind his rules. She can only ever play queen as long as she’s his prisoner. He agrees to let her go.
63. The spice begins halfway through the chapter. In chapter 63, Nahla finds herself alone on the beach, considering all that has happened. Aethan approaches and they have a heart-to-heart where she says she wished he had let her help him with the Beast, rather than having the healer get rid of him with magic. They reaffirm their love for one another, and physical relations progress from kissing to sex on the beach. The emotional connection of their intimacy unlocks a feeling in Nahla’s mind, and she realizes she can once again sense Aethan’s emotions. This gives her an idea. What if the Beast isn’t gone? What if his identity is trapped inside the king’s center of self, as his mother’s had been? With Aethan’s permission, Nahla uses her magic to shatter the orb, and the Beast’s conscience comes flooding out. Aethan picks her up and walks her into the sea, and as they submerge, she hears the Beast’s voice rumble: Hello, Sunfish.
take the plunge
spicy fairytale retellings in a mer court universe
The Sirens of Adria series by Liesl West is a set of interconnected standalones in a shared merfolk universe, with mermaid courts instead of fae!
- Interconnected standalones
- Read them in any order
- New romantic couple in each book
- Happily Ever Afters by the end of each book
- Twisted fairytale retellings
- No fae, no humans, all merfolk
- 6 mermaid kingdoms, with 3 books to explore them all
Titles include: Of Song and Scepter (The Little Mermaid); Of Rime and Ruin (Beauty and the Beast); and TBA (Rapunzel).
Let's play mermaids
Hi, I'm Liesl West
Liesl West is a deep sea mermaid disguised as a romantasy author, hatching spicy plots and hissing at daylight. She spins fairytales into ocean fantasy romance books that delight and destroy, ripping out your heart with her teeth before kissing it better with an HEA. She lives with her husband, child, and fluffy feline overlords in Virginia, where she devours the souls of lost sailors and watches way too many ocean documentaries.
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NAME PRONUNCIATION:
Liesl | LEE-zl (rhymes with weasel)
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