She sank the Pirate King's ships. Her ex-fiancé came to drag her back. Their oldest friend came to make sure they both survived the trip.

Giselle Marin, the Tidal Terror, has spent years becoming the most dangerous pirate on the Avillen Sea. Now she's turned that reputation against the Pirate King himself. She has sunk two of his ships in his own bay, and every cutthroat on the water is hunting the bounty on her head. She's one heist away from the gold that could break the King's grip for good.

The man who finds her first is the one she swore she would never forgive.

Cameron Roberts is her ex-fiancé, and he's arrogant enough to drag her out of a tavern and lock a magic collar around her throat. Finn Harken is her oldest friend, whose easy grin has always made him dangerously easy to love. He's right beside Cam, treating the whole thing like a lark. They claim they're saving her life. Giselle is certain they're delivering her to the gallows.

But weeks at sea have a way of changing things. Old grudges become old desires, and friendship turns into something far less innocent. The two men hauling her back to the King may be the only ones she trusts to help her take his crown.

The Pirate King is waiting.

A spicy MMF why-choose pirate romantasy novella with forced proximity, friends-to-lovers, touch-her-and-die energy, and three pirates who are much better at sharing a bed than staying out of trouble.

Content warnings: open door, 18+, rough sex, magic restraint, captivity, violence.