Books like 'Whispers Beneath the Deep'
Readers who enjoyed Whispers Beneath the Deep by Aleera Anaya Ceres also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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The Mark of Athena Excerpt by Rick Riordan
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsExclusive Excerpt from chapter 10 from The Heroes of Olympus, Book Three: The Mark of... -
Risen by Auryn Hadley
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn the final stretch of the war, the rules are changing faster than Anglia can keep up. The Kaisae of all Iliri is gone. Her mates are holding the army together. Her dreams are changing everything—and Sal? She's not done yet. The Emperor has taken too much from her. Life, loves, and much of her happiness. All she has left is desperation—and blind trust. But she's not alone. She never has been... -
Hope by Auryn Hadley
Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBy reader request, Hope is a full-length epilogue novel to show what comes after the series ends. The war is over. The dead have been laid to rest. Peace is on the horizon, and Anglia is a country that needs to be put back together... -
Initiation by Alethea Faust
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMagic is a rare gift that only exists in the bloodlines of the rich, the royal, and the reputable. Dominai of Airedale, a poor hunter and forest guide, is barely one of those things. But after a moonlit encounter with the wizard Allisande, Dominai's life is changed forever... -
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Chaos Unleashed (Black Onyx Academy) Book 3 by Nikita Parmenter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThat psychopath has taken her, and the only reason we aren’t watching the world burn in our grief is because of Grey, or should I say Hades! He has assured us he would’ve felt her soul depart if she was dead... -
Sent to a Fantasy World and Now All the Men Want Me: Volume 2 by Jaclyn Osborn
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLife in another world isn't so bad.Evan has found true love, a group of knights who all like pestering him, a cat-boy best friend who loves cake, and even a job. Okay, so maybe there's still the demons in the dark forest to worry about... and the ultra-powerful demon lord. There also may be bandits sweeping through the surrounding lands, headed straight for the kingdom.But that's okay... -
Surrendering to the Sea Lord Compilation by Starla Night
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe is beautiful, kind, perfect. I must tell her. But the words do not come. Warrior Uvim has always performed his duty silently. He awaited the day when the tyrants fell and the mer were free. Now that day is here, and he is more constrained than ever. Before him is his bride, Milly. Tender and sweet, lush and pure-hearted. Sister of a queen...Categorized as:
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Fall of Embers by G. Bailey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI was trained to be the dragon king’s mate. His pure, blessed by the gods, fire queen.But my fate was never to be his.My name is Serendipity Fall, and I’m one of the only wolf shifters living with a bunch of immortal dragon shifters in a city I can never leave... -
A Storm of Light and Darkness by Marion Blackwood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat would you do to protect everyone you love?Anything. Everything. Whatever it takes.The final battle is here. With the star elves marching on Pernula, the Oncoming Storm and her friends must gather their allies and make one last stand. But it won't be easy. Their enemies have legions of soldiers, chemical weapons, and a powerful magic spell on their side. Not to mention a dragon... -
A Pirate's Dream by Marie Hall
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Pirate’s DreamNimue, daughter of Hook, is desperate to prove to her parents that she’s just as brave and as much of a pirate as they are. So when she serendipitously spies the hidden isle, she knows what she must do... -
How I Stole The Princess's White Knight and Turned Him to Villainy: The Coronation: The Complete Works Bonus Short Story by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe bonus short story from the compilation... -
Shattered Darkness (The Lost Ones) Book 4 by Nikita Parmenter
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey’re finally at the Blood Moon Academy, and the Centres are rescued, but not everything is as it seems; something very dark is stalking the halls of the academy, and no one can be trusted. There’s only so long that Sage allows her and her family to be treated as lesser before she takes matters into her own hands... -
Cinderella by Anthea Bell, Charles Perrault
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratings"Illustrations featuring mix of styles in both clothing and architecture set the story in an imaginary yet vaguely familiar landscape, lit by a dreamlike haze. The smoothly told story contains the familiar details and a happy ending in which Cinderella forgives her stepfamily." - The Horn Book Club -"This satisfying tale never grows old... -
The Frog Prince by K.M. Shea
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCrown Prince Lucien has spent his life pretending to be a flirtatious idiot in order to manipulate his courts and hide his deficiencies. His acting backfires, however, when his father orders an enchantress to turn him into a frog for his own safety after he narrowly escapes an assassination plot. Servant. Capable. Expendable... -
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A Princess of Wind and Wave: A Retelling of The Little Mermaid by Melanie Cellier
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIsla may be a mermaid princess, but she's never felt at home in her undersea kingdom. Instead she dreams of the day her people can return to the surface--and the boy whose life she once saved. But while Isla foresees danger for her people beneath the ocean, she has no concept of the dark forces working to keep her people submerged... -
Storm Unleashed by Ednah Walters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSassy heroine, a legend and a people in peril... Legends are made When all seems lost The magical world Lexi has come to know isn’t done with her yet, and she must discover the lengths she and Storm will go to prove their love and claim each other... -
Lost Embers by G. Bailey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey say all gods can fall, but I will rise in the embers to save us all.Queen of the Dragons. The Chosen Wolf Princess. Lost…My name is Serendipity Fall and I’m trapped in a world I don’t know how to escape. When the flames burn, I’m shown the way out, but at a price. I’m returning to my world as a goddess, and I can’t control the power I’ve taken... -
Ranger's Risk by Cassie Cole
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA young Pyromancer teams up with five sexy soldiers in this action-packed Paranormal Reverse Harem Romance. Alyssa’s Quintelaide is getting another chance to test the Tinker superweapon.And this time it’s against a real Silithik hive... -
Lost You Forever by Tong Hua
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife is the encounter and separation, is the starting time and oblivion, but there are always things that once happened, will leave traces, and always have a person, once appeared, will not be forgettable... -
Avenging by Holly Kelly
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsTwo thousand years ago, King Triton witnessed the slaughter and total annihilation of his merchildren. He vowed then and there to never again father a child. Powerful and eternally youthful, Triton was no stranger to seduction. But his resolve was unwavering—until he met Nicole. Unable to resist the human woman, he found himself swept up in her arms... -
Princess of Mermaids by A.G. Marshall
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA mermaid without a home. A king without a queen. Can two unlikely souls bridge the gap between worlds?Under the sea lives Fiora, the child of a human and a mermaid. Despite her best efforts, she has never found a place to belong. Worse, the other mermaids have accused her of waking a kraken with dark magic and threatened to silence her.Permanently... -
The Selkie Sorceress by Sophie Moss
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAmerican detective Sam Holt has a knack for finding people who shouldn't be found. When his last case almost killed an innocent woman, he swore off detective work forever. But when that same woman asks him for one last investigation--to find her husband's long lost mother--Sam cannot refuse... -
Storm Revealed by Ednah Walters
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSassy heroine, a legend and a people in peril... Supernatural creatures don’t roam the seas. And female pirates do exist. Lexi resigns herself to the primitive living and the strange customs of the islands but struggles with the fact that she will never see or help her brother again. As the people embrace her as Storm’s chosen mate, Lexi slowly begins to see the magic around her... -
Snow White by K.M. Shea
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsOnce upon a time, a princess and her stepmother ruled together with all happiness and joy…until the Queen’s chronic headaches and mood swings escalate to violence, and Princess Snow White is forced to flee for her life. Snow White is certain that a dark magic has pushed her once loving stepmother into madness... -
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Pearl of Magic: A Little Mermaid Romance by Emily Deady
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife in captivity is horrible.But pretending to be a prisoner is worse. Aizel is a Majis and, against her will, a spy. She is supposed to be uncovering secrets for a cruel king, but spends most of her time listening to the haughty, self-absorbed musings of her captor, Prince Erich... -
The Turning Tides by Derrolyn Anderson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMarina has been through a lot in the past year; she knows what she wants, and she decides to take matters into her own hands to get it. When a twist of fate takes her away from Aptos, she returns to find that her whole world has changed once again... -
Their Phoenix by Charlie Hart, Anastasia James
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter spending my life locked in my mother’s no-so-metaphorical cage, I’m ready to set myself free.Getting cast in a Vegas show was my ticket out … but I quickly realize that doesn’t mean I’m actually free as a bird.Instead of celebrating my new gig—Mom spends the evening setting me straight about a few things. I’m not who I think I am. Not even a little... -
Daughter of Hell by Tamara White
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhy be good when being bad is just so much more fun? Before you read my story, you need to prepare yourself. I’m not some damsel in distress in search of her Prince Charming. I’m not a girl looking to settle down, and most of all, I’m not someone who can be controlled. No, I do the controlling around here. My name is Angel and I’m the devil’s daughter... -
Shadows and Lies by Willow Hayes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter publicly declaring war on the Queen, Kenna finds herself in a race against time as she fights to free the shifters from the grip of madness and works to find and train an army equipped to take on the ruthless ruler...Categorized as:
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War of the Sea by Dana Claire
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHis powers could save the ocean. Her vendetta could sink a kingdom. Captain Elouise Farrington, the youngest pirate on the Caviar Sea, seeks revenge on her father’s killer. But when her oddly hypnotic foe proposes a pact to kill the Siren Queen and end the War of the Sea’s bloodshed, she must make a choice... -
Heir of Autumn by Nazri Noor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Breath of the Wind. The Tears of the Ocean. The Oriel of Water was always meant to be Lochlann Wilde’s next destination. Rich with elemental essence, it’s the perfect source of the magic needed to power the Wispwell and help stop the Withering. But now Locke and Sylvain have been tasked with a unicorn search and rescue mission... -
Crazy Witch by Nikki Dean
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHide your magic.Hide your boyfriends.Hide your real power.Mallory Serra is in over her head. Finals are coming up, Christmas is around the corner with two and a half boyfriends to buy gifts for, and the Defense Department is still trying to kill them all.Oh, and she might be a murderer on top of all of that. Fun stuff... -
Clever Witch by Nikki Dean
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHide your magic. Don't tell anyone you're dating your TA, and now maybe your handler, too. Don't tell anyone about the jaguar in your room, or secret lab under the dorm. Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer... -
Delightfully Charmed by Lyra Winters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne mage’s curse was another mage’s gift.The worst burden of my immortality was that being alone hurt less than the pain of losing the ones I loved. That changed after five charming mages crashed into my life, and I craved what I never let myself want; a life with them.Not only did I break their hexes, but I accidentally bound their souls to mine—sharing my curse of immortality with each of them... -
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The Vengeful Princess: by Kelly Wightman, Jessica L. Lee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsComing to Divinos Academy drastically changed my life. I’d completely given up hope of ever having a meaningful existence. I had every intention of ending it all, but fate had other plans for me. Instead of finding one reason to live – I found four!Four extremely assertive, arrogant, compelling alphaholes that made me irrevocably fall in love with them... -
Power of Draken: A Fated Mate Fae Romantasy by Alex Lidell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe next generation of the bestselling Power of Five must find their fated mate—and Kai’s just happens to be human... and his sworn enemy.ROWANI’m an alchemist, not a soldier. But when your mother is an ambitious war hero and your rare magic is the key to defending the kingdom from draken-riding fae, you don’t get a choice... -
Owned by the Berserkers by Lee Savino
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy life changed the night the Berserkers took me. Dagg and Svein cared for me like no other--until the Corpse King attacked and the battle rage took their minds. Now I'm alone. My mates are lost to madness, and my visions are growing worse. My nightmares, my only companions--unless I can defy the pack and save my warriors... -
Bloody Rosary Academy: Year One by Avery Song, Veronica Agnus
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHail Mary, Full of Grace, let your powers grant me safe haven. Blessed is the blood that courses through my veins, from the womb of my Fae Mother and the seed of my Vampire Father. Holy Mary, protect me, for I have two sides from which to choose... -
Enslaved by the Sea Lord by Starla Night
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTattooed mer-shifters are climbing out of the secret depths to claim their soul mates and save their race! Hardened mer warrior Soren is no great catch... -
Prince of Seduction by Jenny Hickman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA companion novella to A Cursed Kiss, Prince of Seduction tells Tadhg's story... -
The Heart of a Dragonslayer by Megan Derr
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe youngest son in a large family, easily overlooked by busy parents and siblings all significantly older than him, Remira has worked hard to get to where he is, though most would consider it little enough. A soldier at the local garrison, he spends his days protecting the village and surrounding land from encroaching beasts, and his nights assisting his parents with the family business... -
Tempted by the Forbidden Mate by Ellie Pond
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAnnabelle is mine to protect, but I can't help myself.I want her.I need her.And I will do anything to keep her safe... -
Night of the Berserkers by Lee Savino
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI have one night to meet the mage... One night to destroy him... One night to break the Berserker's curse... One night to save them... As the Corpse King threatens to destroy our land, my sisters and I gather to find a spell to defeat him. But when magic delivers me to the mage’s stronghold, I become a captive of his Berserker guard. I didn’t count on his Berserker guards... -
War and Wind by Alex Lidell
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA cowardly captain. An incompetent crew. A mission she can't fail. Nile and her small band of loyal midshipmen saved the ship, and Captain Rima might just kill them for it . . . one young officer at a time. No one and nothing on the Aurora is safe anymore, least of all Nile’s explosive secrets or her connection with Domenic, which vibrates between them like a cutlass speared into the deck... -
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An Inconvenient Princess by Melanie Cellier
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPenny knows all about expectation. After all, she’s a seventh child and they’re always blessed, especially in a fairy-favored family like Penny’s. But Penny also knows all about disappointment. Because there’s nothing magical about her at all. She’s perfectly ordinary, even outshone by her own twin, Anneliese... -
Age of Auroras by Shari L. Tapscott
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTemporary peace has settled across Draegan as a new era begins for the cursed kingdom, but the royals know that tranquility is fleeting. In order to fulfill the magic and save the continent from its imminent destruction, Rhys and Amalia must once again return to Renove and see the rightful king ascend his throne... -
Sweet Dreams by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe says he's my dream mate and that he was born to love me. That he came from another world, and he has trained his whole life to make my dreams come true. I thought he was a hallucination.I was wrong. TessI'm a normal girl. Blond. Curvy. 5'11''. A vigilante with extra strength who punishes dudes for their crimes against the women who loved them. Yeah, maybe not so normal. But I like my life...Categorized as:
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Kept by Amy Pennza
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsReunited with my men, I’m ready to take on the darkness that’s spreading across the land. But the darkness is spreading in me too, and I’m not sure I’m strong enough to stop it.With the future itself on the line, I’ve got to harness my new powers and confront Midian and his demons head on. As kingdoms clash and magical barriers come down, I’m prepared to fight to save everything I hold dear... -
The Queen's Nest by Merri Bright
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEveryone wants the new queen… but some want her dead.Kings want to marry her, warlords want to steal her, assassins want to poison her… how did a simple brothel maid get this popular?Born long after the Great Plagues that devastated the continent, Vali is the last of her kind... -
Whispered Warnings - Part Two by Nikita Parmenter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe problems keep on piling up, we need to fix the breach quickly before something else manages to get through. I can't avoid the poker game again or I will risk making Ernie mad.Of course, nothing is ever simple, not even a poker game or the trip to the training academy...
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