The Last Tide

A sea goddess marries a billionaire heir to fulfill a deathbed promise, secretly ruling the oceans that sustain his empire.

Decades after saving Sterling founder Marius, sea goddess Thetis accepts his deathbed plea to shield grandson Julian for five years. She weds him, masking divinity as domestic invisibility, while her command of tides and storms secures shipping lanes, averts catastrophes, and locks in the Thalassa Circle alliance. Julian dismisses her as unemployed, attributing every victory to his own genius and returned ex-fiancée Vivian. Thetis endures in silence, honoring her vow. When the term ends, she signs divorce papers and reclaims her identity. Only at the ceremony where shipping magnates bow to the tide goddess does Julian grasp that the wife he scorned held his empire afloat.

• fantasy
• contract marriage
• hidden identity