Claimed by the Monster

Thea is pulled from the sea by a feared creature that the world considers a monster, and it shelters her when she is at her most vulnerable. She later learns that her own father handed her over to him in exchange for money. Living beside the creature, she finds far more gentleness and loyalty in him than in any human she has known. When she returns to the human world, only betrayal awaits her, and she must decide where she truly belongs.