Toward Cursed Tides

Pirates of the Caribbean meets A Court of Thorns and Roses in this slow-burn romance between a sharp-tongued captive oracle and a cursed pirate captain.

Brienne is a young oracle who can see the future in her dreams and sense lies. Abused by her family, who exploit her gift for profit, she has become the Oracle of Villa Ziell. When her powers draw the attention of a king, the infamous crew of the Bloodcurse is sent to retrieve her—but a group of dragon-shifter pirates reaches her first.

Salvation comes in the form of Captain Blackheart: an immortal pirate whose cursed black blood binds him to his ship. But he is not her savior—he is her courier.

Determined to make the captain change his mind, Brienne sets out to become his weakness. Blackheart, unaccustomed to defiance, finds himself unexpectedly drawn to her fire, triggering a dangerous game of power neither of them is certain to win. When the opportunity arises, Brienne does not hesitate to strike a deal for her freedom aboard the ship.

What begins as a simple transaction quickly spirals into something far more dangerous. As Brienne hones her abilities with the help of Taranis, the eccentric onboard mage who speaks to rats and has his own agenda, and slowly earns the crew’s trust, she must also survive the brutality of the second-in-command—and uncover the truth behind the ship’s curse and its damned crew.

From the haunted waters of the Isle of Torment to the icy reaches of the North, Brienne and the captain are drawn into a tangled web of sea monsters, rising tensions among the crew, secret-trading witches, warring kingdoms, and a past neither of them can outrun.