Rhapsodic (The Bargainer Book 1)

Rhapsodic is the first book in Laura Thalassa's dark fantasy romance series. Callypso Lillis is a siren bound by a magical bracelet of black beads up her wrist—each bead represents a favor she owes and must repay or die to fulfill. The Bargainer is a figure known throughout the realm for granting wishes at a price, and he always collects his debts. For seven years he has not asked Callie for repayment, but that changes when he appears in her room. He begins by asking her to acknowledge the attraction between them—a single bead's worth of truth. However, his intentions run deeper. Fae warriors are disappearing from the Otherworld one by one. The women who return are placed in glass caskets, each holding a child. To save his people, the Bargainer needs the help of the siren he once spurned. The question becomes whether she can forgive him.