My Husband Betrayed the Mermaid Who Protected Him

When Nerissa catches her husband Adrian with another woman, he claims the betrayal is only meant to make her cry black pearls that can calm deadly storms. She believes him—until he lets Celeste’s doctors mutilate Nerissa’s bonded jellyfish, cuts flesh from Nerissa’s own mermaid tail, and even eats it. Realizing the man she once protected no longer trusts or loves her, Nerissa makes one final choice: she ends her people’s debt to his family and returns to the sea. Without her protection, Adrian must face what his cruelty has cost him.