The Goddess gave her four men and a world to save. She forgot to mention the lightning.

Flame has done the impossible. The street thief once called Flea has forged a bond with four elemental mages and accepted a destiny she never wanted. The Five are united. The Goddess is satisfied.

The Goddess is also not finished.

The Devourers helped overthrow the old regime for a reason — and that reason is stirring beneath the ocean floor. A primordial force older than civilisation is waking, and when it rises, everything that breathes air drowns. The only hope is a Key hidden beyond the edge of the known world, in a place no one has returned from.

Flame isn't strong enough for what's coming. The Goddess knows it. The gift She offers will change that — but it demands a discipline Flame hasn't earned, a trust her men haven't built, and a journey across an ocean that might not have another side.

A thief carrying a goddess's fire. Four men who need her more than the world does. And a sea that's rising.

Romance where love is the hardest choice — and the most necessary one.
feisty heroine; neurodiverse hero; quest