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- Content warnings: Drowning, Violence, Captivity, Sexual content
Rainse
by Skye MacKinnon
Book 3 in Starlight Mermen
A fun, steamy alien merman romance with fated mates and forced proximity on a deserted island.
goodreads 4.75/5 12 ratings
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Length238 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 5 books
Spice4/5 · Intense / passionate
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Fated mates
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Medium burn
- High
- Intense / passionate
- Romantic fulfillment
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- Grumpy protector
- Protective love interest
- Possessive / claiming style
- Feral brain activated
- Secretly soft
- Grumpy sunshine
- Primal / feral style
- The swoon
- Beast / monster
- Only soft for them
- Slow burn with late spice
- Comfort reread material
- Feral devotion
- Possessive/protective
- Size difference focus
- Mine declarations
- Scent kink
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Possessive
- Monstrous anatomy
Fantasy promise
- Sci-fi romance
- Coastal / island / beach
- Space/sci-fi
- Aliens
- Forced proximity
- Ship / at sea
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- Mermaids/sirens
- Monster romance
- Alien romance
- Touch her and die
- Rescue romance
- Survival romance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Fast
- Romantic
- Engaging
- Light
- Low
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- Bookworm/scholar
- Steamy
- Warm
- General badass
- Adventurous
- Immersive
- Survivor
- Atmospheric
- Conversational
- Swoony
- Survival against impossible odds
- Comfort read vibes
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Book details
- Length
- 238 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book