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Tangled Sails


A Young Adult Romance Novel


Subgenres & Tropes:

  • Fairy Tale Retelling,
  • Rapunzel Retelling,
  • The Little Mermaid Retelling,
  • Closed-Door Romance,
  • Prince/Commoner Romance
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Fairytale mashups with Rapunzel and Little Mermaid vibes
  • Heroines with magical healing hair facing a world they barely know
  • Romance where trust is hard-won after a lifetime of isolation
Publisher Description

When Prince Tavric went looking for the mermaid who saved him, he didn’t expect to pull a girl with impossibly long hair from the ocean.

Lyrielle has one purpose in life—to heal others. Kept in a tower by her aunt and only allowed to interact with those who need the healing power of her hair, she has lived the last ten years separated from the world. Finally forced to escape the only way she can, Lyrielle begins her climb down the tower—but loses her grip.

Instead of falling to her death, she falls from her tower and out of her world, crashing into the waves of an ocean she’s never seen before. Now she must learn to trust the prince who pulled her from the sea, but she’s terrified to reveal too much of herself lest he use her the way everyone else has.

While searching for the mermaid who saved his life, Prince Tavric is shocked when he pulls a girl with impossibly long hair from the ocean. Confused by her sudden appearance in his kingdom, but drawn to her fascination with the world he takes for granted, Tavric is anxious to show her the wonders outside her tower. But his father is dying, and knowing he will take the throne all too soon, he worries if falling for Lyri means foisting a burden on her for which she cannot possibly be prepared.

When someone from Lyri’s world threatens to tear her from the new life she’s built, will Tavric be able to keep her safe, or will she be forced back to the life she fled?

A spellbinding and heart wrenching mashup of Rapunzel and The Little Mermaid, Tangled Sails explores the weight of our gifts and the strength of accepting help.

Torn from one fairytale and trapped in another: the Displaced Fairytales series is a multi-author fairytale retelling series of standalones from your favorite swoony, closed-door young adult romance authors.

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