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by Jaide Dee (Author)
Ophelia is the daughter of a selkie, bound to land, sea, and a life that is killing her. Married young. Kept small. Taught to be unremarkable. Until a song breaks through and awakens her to the power she never lost.
Ophelia has spent her life doing what she was told. Obeying her father, marrying the man chosen for her, staying small, and convincing herself it was enough.
It never was.
The daughter of a selkie who found her skin and fled, Ophelia has always felt the pull of the water and known she was different. She found her peace in the water's song and never asked for more.
Until actor Greyson Campbell released his first album and his music spoke to her the way only the ocean ever had. Her soul broke open, and she began to breathe again. Ophelia began to create. She began to ache. And she fell in love with a man who didn't know she existed.
When fate brings Greyson to Aotearoa, their paths cross, and Greyson discovers what Ophelia already knew... Some connections are not chosen.
But Ophelia is not free.
When she tries to leave her husband, she makes a violent discovery... she was born with a selkie's skin, and he has held it all along. A skin that in the wrong hands is a leash. And a death sentence.
As her body fails and her life ebbs away, one thing could save her... submit to her husband once more.
But she will never return to him. She will never cower. She will not drown herself quietly to be the wife he desires.
To break the ancient hold on her skin, Ophelia must find her own mythic power to burn down everything she has been for too long.
Curse of the Selkie Song is a dark and lyrical mythic romance about reclaiming autonomy, breaking generational curses, the power of found family and fated love, and choosing freedom no matter the cost.
