Anchoring Nola

A Harlequin Fantasy Romance Short Story

She was bartered like cargo. Bound by fate. And thrust into a marriage neither of them wanted.

Nola never asked to be traded like coin. Betrayed by her own blood and forced into a secret marriage, she finds herself trapped aboard a ship with a stranger for a husband, and the open sea as her only solace.

Jax vowed long ago never to love again. Stoic, stubborn, and married to duty, he expected a quiet, convenient arrangement. But the woman sharing his ship is anything but. Nola is sharp-tongued, sea-loving, and far more dangerous to his heart than any storm on the horizon.

As wind and salt churn beneath them, sparks ignite in a marriage forged by pain. But passion is perilous, and love—true love—requires a level of surrender neither of them are ready for.

Set sail for a romantic, sea-swept tale full of sharp banter, and a reluctant husband who just might fall for the woman he never meant to keep. For fans of forced proximity, dangerous mermaid, and fierce-hearted heroines who refuse to be tamed.