the sirens of adria series
Giving fairytale princesses a mermaid tail and a good rail
Meet the author
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 family and fluffy feline overlords in Virginia, where she devours the souls of lost sailors and watches way too many ocean documentaries.Find her on social media @authorlieslwestNAME PRONUNCIATION:Liesl | LEE-zl (rhymes with weasel)
My writing process is 100% human generated. I believe in the power and significance of human creativity. Therefore, I do not use generative AI in any part of my creative process, design, or marketing.
BOOKS
The Little Mermaid, but make her a deep sea assassin who's never seen the sun, and she comes to the surface to ruin the life of a 6'5 cinnamon roll siren prince
Beauty and the Beast meets Jekyll and Hyde, where he's the cursed Frost King and she's the sunshine siren princess who can tame his inner beast
Rapunzel, but she's a siren with hair that changes color with her mood, and he's the assassin who couldn't make the kill
FREE short story series companionMale Sea Witch x Little Mermaid, but it's ex-friends to lovers and she hires the tattooed, tentacled bad boy to teach her how to flirt
currently available as part of the twisted fairytale collection, Darkly Ever After
CONTENT NOTES
These books are intended for mature audiences and includes content not recommended for readers under the age of 18.Each spice summary below contains spoilers for spicy scenes and where to find them, with detailed chapter summaries for readers who need to skip these scenes without missing the plot.Please read safely. If you have any questions, or you’re wondering about the presence of a trigger not listed on this page, please contact me by email: [email protected]
OF INK AND ENVY
Contains profanity, explicit sexual intimacy, tentacle play, emotionally abusive ex
Spice Summary
Chapter 9:
On their wedding night, Cass brings Ophelia to their new mansion in the reef district and they have underwater mermaid sex in their giant new reedgrass bed. He uses his tentacles expertly.
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, emotional abuse
Spice Summary
Chapter 19:
Prince Soren stands on his balcony and notices Enna walking on the beach. He bemoans the fact that she isn't actually his betrothed, and in a moment of "weakness" he jacks off to the sight of her swimming in the moonlight. Chapter 32:
They have sex behind the boulders, despite knowing they shouldn't. Their activities are interrupted by poor Hugo clearing his throat on the other side of the rock. Soren tells Enna he'll see her at the ball, but Enna says, "And what would the princess think?" Chapter 42:
After dancing in the alley, they have sex. Soren uses his magic to expertly please her. He asks her if she's sure she wants to run from this, and she can't quite answer him. For the first time in her life, she feels seen. Chapter 43:
Enna wakes up in Soren's big bed with his appendage between her legs. She gets herself off on it while remembering what happened last night. As Soren sleeps, she goes digging around his room and finds the necklace. She steals it and decides to flee. Chapter 56:
Transforming into their tail forms, they have mermaid sex in his giant bathtub.
OF RIME AND RUIN
Contains profanity, explicit sexual intimacy, soft monster romance (sex with the Beast), blood/gore/descriptions of corpses, past death of a parent, slight suicide ideation, medical malpractice, young person’s loss of limb, hunting of animals
Spice Summary
Chapter 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. Chapter 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. Chapter 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. Chapter 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.
OF TIDE AND TENDRIL (2027)
coming soon
SERIES MAP
The Great Sea of Adria - official series map by Rachael Ward at cartographybird.com
Contact
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