His Saltwater Bride

The Brine Contract says every coastal habitat gets one bride. Marisol Vega has spent ten years proving the Contract is a lie. Then the Pacific envoy selects her in the middle of her own press conference — seven feet of bioluminescent stillness, a widower, a father, and a breeding program's most reluctant participant. One year, he offers. One child, if she consents. Her freedom, guaranteed. But the habitat's council didn't read the fine print, and the deeper she goes the clearer it becomes: the Contract was never about peace. It was about possession. To end it, she'll have to trust the monster she was sent to bait — and he'll have to give up everything that made him one. A monster bait sci-fi alien romance with real stakes, real consent, and a very long way down.