The merman's curse : a sci-fi mer romance / Sacha Wolfe

"A mermadic race on the brink of extinction. A bull-headed prince determined to protect his people. And the feisty woman who might just save them all. When a surveying mission ends in disaster, environmental scientist Liesel Voss and her crew find themselves stranded on Levi'a, a small oceanic planet inhabited by mer-people, the Lev'i. Once an abundant paradise, illness has ravaged the planet and its inhabitants. Now, the Lev'i wait on a cure from the Intergalactic Federation while fighting off space pirates and enemy races interested in Levi'a's mineral reserves. As the second son of the late King Avadus, Maxsym's life has been more parties than politics. When his older brother falls gravely ill, he faces an unexpected ascension to the throne. The last thing he needs is a shipwrecked group of humans, especially when their leader seems so intent on sticking her nose where it doesn't belong. Maxsym knows the sooner he fixes Liesel's ship, the sooner he'll be able to cure his people and be free of the back-chatting infuriating woman. But the moment Liesel left the surveying mission; something felt off. Now stranded on an alien planet, things aren't lining up. As Liesel wrangles a belligerent alien prince, she uncovers secrets that could bring about the destruction of his entire race."--Blurb.