While it has been a while since I published Popstars in the Backyard, I have made significant progress in the next release. The title of the next release is Aquaria Oceana: Gem of the Sea. A fantasy romance, with no spice. Sorry not sorry to those who want spice, I don’t like writing it. At the moment I am in the beta reader phase, and have received only positive feedback, all asking for the second book and agreeing to beta read for that one as well. Fingers crossed the second one gets just as good of feedback. There is no hard release date yet, but my goal is for sometime in 2026, with the second book releasing 3 months later.

This is the current back of book blurb that. Might change it. We will see.

Aquaria, the heir to the Throne of the sea and youngest daughter of Poseidon, is sent to live among humans in hiding under the name Gemma. Betrothed to a pirate captain she has never met and forced to spend four years on land before the marriage.

Aquaria walks a dangerous line caught between two worlds and hunted by brothers who would rather see her dead than crowned. Living with the human family sworn loyalty to Poseidon, she falls for their son Kelley, a boy bound by his own father’s contract to the sea and a destiny he’s desperate to escape.

With her eighteenth birthday approaching and the deadly trials that will unlock her true power. Aquaria must decide whether to accept the fate chosen for her or fight for the life and love she wants. Because defying Poseidon could ignite a war between land and sea.

Follow along for future updates, cover release and book launch!