What starts as a research expedition to the seldom explored parts of the arctic ends up as a horrifyingly-heated encounter with an ancient mask. Being trapped at sea on a small boat with a grumpy—and ridiculously hot—sea captain in search of the sunken city of R'lyeh has left me ostracized from the scientific community. They think I’m insane. Maybe I am. Out in the cold dark, chasing nothing but a myth. I’ll prove them wrong. I’ll find proof that Cthulhu’s sunken city not only exists, but that it’s bleeding something sinister into our waters and mutating sea life as we know it. Too bad a mysterious mask, my attraction to my captain, and a bottle of rum changes everything. Now I’m up to my ovaries in tattooed tentacles and an ancient mission to mother a fallen civilization. Who knows what ancient horrors we’ll encounter in the darkest dredges of the cosmos, where humans were never meant to venture… *Please Note: Darkest Dredge is a stand-alone shifter/monster romance novella featuring many dark themes and horror elements that won't be suitable for all readers. Please check the book’s front matter for the full CW/TW list.