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Title: Of Song and Scepter

Subtitle: A Dark Little Mermaid Retelling (Sirens of Adria)

Author: Liesl West (she/her)

Author Name Pronunciation: LEE-zl (rhymes with weasel)

Publisher: Liesl West

Imprint: Darkling Press LLC

Publication Date: July 2, 2024

Genre: Adult Fantasy Romance, Dark Fantasy, Mermaid Romance, Fairytale Retelling

ISBNs: 

• 979-8-9900482-1-8 (paperback)
• 979-8-9900482-2-5 (hardcover)
• 979-8-9900482-0-1 (ebook)

Cover designer: Miblart.com

Email contact: author@lieslwest.com

Content notes: 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

Audience: 18+

Spice rating: Medium Spicy, three explicit scenes of open-door MF sex and two explicit solo scenes. Read The Octopussy’s Garden for a list of specific chapters to find or avoid.

Tropes: deadly mermaids, morally grey FMC, cinnamon roll siren prince, black cat/golden retriever couple, hidden identities, forbidden love, vocal magic, sea witch bargains, dark little mermaid retelling, females that know how to fight, he falls first, she stabs him, intimacy is better in tail form, moonlight dancing, I’d drain the sea for you, mermaid courts instead of fae

Suggested hashtags: #ofsongandscepter #lieslwest #sirensofadriaseries #mermaidromance #mermaidbooks #littlemermaidretelling #darkfantasyromance #romantasy

Tagline: She’s a killer in disguise. He’s determined to make her his queen.

Blurb: She’s a killer in disguise. He’s determined to make her his queen.

As a deep sea death-dealer, Enna Valomir’s life is simple: kill the siren, deliver the body, collect the reward. There’s just one problem. Enna owes a mermaid her life, and in the cutthroat waters of the Abyss, that’s a lifelong blood oath of service.

When the mermaid orders her to kill the Abyssal Princess, Enna is pulled into an impersonation scheme with no choice but to infiltrate a gaudy surface court and help the mermaid win the heart—and throne—of its unwitting future king.

But Prince Soren isn’t interested in courting the so-called Abyssal Princess, or any power-hungry princess, for that matter. He’s finally met his match in her fierce and mysterious handmaid, and he’ll be damned if he can’t have Enna for his queen instead.

Breaking a blood oath means death, but Enna falls for Soren anyway. Now she must watch him descend into a ruin of her own making, or warn him of the ruse—and die.

Part of the Sirens of Adria dark fantasy romance series, Of Song and Scepter is a standalone little mermaid retelling for readers who like their fairytales morally grey.