Seahorse and the City (The Hippocampus Trilogy #2)

Bijou is an adult entertainer in the sea shifter kingdom, falling in love with a new guest every night... and enjoying his day job in a resistance group against the kingdom's rulers somewhat less. After the stress of his latest activist efforts, a holiday affair with Rodney in the human world turns out to be just the break he needs. Except his feelings don't fade after he returns home like they usually do, and an unexpected new arrival some months later complicates things further. Bijou realises he wants to go and be with Rodney, forever. But when he finds him in a very different world to the one in which they met, he needs to find a way to be accepted by this very different Rodney if that forever is to be a happy one.
Rodney has achieved and acquired just about everything a man could dream of, but he's never fallen in love. Until he meets Bijou on a beach far from his city home. But it was never in the plan for Bijou to show up in his hometown, at his apartment, in his real life—complete with a baby Rodney can't stop feeling drawn to. What was perfect on holiday is maddening now... but his family and friends quickly take to Bijou and Ruby, and in spite of himself Rodney is finding his attraction hasn't really disappeared. Which is a problem when he can't bring himself to fully trust Bijou's motives for seeking him out again.
Will life in a human city prove to be even more complicated than life in the kingdom, or can Bijou and Rodney find a way to build a new life together that is perfect for both of them no matter where they are?

Original publication date: October 23, 2023

Length: 84 000 words