The Monster Made Her Queen

Cora is offered to the Deep King as a sacrifice by Gideon, but the creature she fears becomes her rescuer. Soren frees her, shares part of his heart-stone so she can survive beneath the sea, and takes her as his wife. Their bond gives Cora a new place in a royal world - until Gideon returns to destroy it. After Soren is killed and the stone is crushed before her, Cora awakens in an enemy camp, poisoned and stripped of everything. Then she discovers she is carrying Soren's child, an existence believed impossible. With the sea summoning her and the Deep King's blood continuing through her, Cora must face the forces that made her a sacrifice and decide what it means to return as queen.