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Brightwater by K.S. Valentina
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THIS MONTH · ISSUE NO. 10
Selvage is free in full — the woman at the window, the folklore under Mercer, and the story one hundred years before Flotsam
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NEW SERIES · BOOK ONE OUT NOW
Gothic coastal romance. Salvage law. What the sea refuses to let go.

The Salvage Claims

Begin one hundred years before Flotsam with Selvage, a gothic coastal sapphic romance and the complete prequel novella, then enter the main Salvage Claims series where old maritime law meets the legends waiting offshore.

Selvage - A Salvage Claims Prequel Novella

Selvage

A Prequel Novella

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Flotsam - The Salvage Claims Book 1

Flotsam

Book One

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Jetsam - The Salvage Claims Book 2

Jetsam

Book Two

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Lagan - The Salvage Claims Book 3

Lagan

Book Three

Derelict - The Salvage Claims Book 4

Derelict

Book Four

COMPLETE SERIES
A gothic Southern why-choose monster romance.

Vauclain Monsters

A property in Gravier. A covenant nobody told her was a feeding arrangement. Della Vauclain inherited the work and is rewriting it from the inside — with four monsters who have been at the fence the whole time.

Last Frost - A Vauclain Monsters Novella

Last Frost

A Novella · Hortense's POV

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Boundwater - Vauclain Monsters Book 1

Boundwater

Book One

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Breakwater - Vauclain Monsters Book 2

Breakwater

Book Two

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Groundwater - Vauclain Monsters Book 3

Groundwater

Book Three

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Deepwater - Vauclain Monsters Book 4

Deepwater

Book Four

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Brightwater - Vauclain Monsters Book 5

Brightwater

Book Five

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Homebound - Vauclain Monsters Book 6

Homebound

Book Six · The Final Book

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Vauclain Monsters Complete Omnibus - Books 1-6

Vauclain Monsters Omnibus

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COMPLETED SERIES
Dark academia. Reverse harem. The Obsidian Marrow.

The Iron Vow Society

Welcome to The Obsidian Marrow, where magic is a weapon and love is a weakness. Survive the classes, survive the monsters, and maybe — just maybe — you'll survive graduation.

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The Last Enforcer

Prequel Novelette · Free to Read

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Study in Scarlett

Study in Scarlett

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Tithe of the Sovereign

Tithe of the Sovereign

Book Two

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Ashes of the Vow

Ashes of the Vow

Book Three

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What the Nothing Holds

What the Nothing Holds

Book Four · The final lesson

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Iron Vow Society Omnibus - Complete 4-Book Collection

Iron Vow Society Omnibus

Complete Four-Book Collection

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THE COVENANT

Which Monster
Has Your Name?

Seven of them. Seven ways to be kept.
Answer honestly.

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