Rescued By The Grumpy Kraken

My job is rehabilitating injured wildlife. Nobody warned me about the seven-foot kraken who has a grudge against joy, tentacles that glow every time we touch, and one unbreakable rule: a kraken does not fall for a human.

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I moved to Saltford Bay to start over. New town, new job, and zero plans to fall in love, least of all with the grumpy kraken harbormaster who treats me like a disruption to his precious schedule and smiles once in a blue moon.

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When Orvik Fenmoor escorts me on a seal pup rescue mission, all I want is to survive the boat ride without strangling him. But kraken biology doesn't care about my plans. One touch, and bioluminescent marks start spreading across my skin.

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According to Orvik, a kraken can't mate with a human. The way his tentacles reach for me every time we're close says he's wrong.

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He told me to keep my distance. Then he kissed me like the ocean is pulling him under and I'm the only air he's got.

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Now I have to choose: the safe, uncomplicated fresh start I came here for, or the terrifying truth that the grumpiest kraken in Saltford Bay might be mine to keep.