๐ท๏ธ Fish Out Of Water
9 entries tagged with this trope

It Happened One Summer
Tessa Bailey ยท 2021
Hollywood party girl Piper is sent to a small fishing town as punishment. She clashes with grumpy sea captain Brendan, but opposites attract in the most steamy way.

The Goblin Emperor
Katherine Addison ยท 2014
Half-goblin Maia becomes emperor after his family's death. Navigating court politics with kindness in a world built on cruelty makes for compelling character drama.

The Royal We
Heather Cocks ยท 2015
American student Bex falls for Prince Nicholas at Oxford. Their love story becomes complicated by royal duty, media attention, and family expectations.

The City of Brass
S.A. Chakraborty ยท 2017
Nahri accidentally summons a djinn warrior and discovers she's part of a magical Middle Eastern world. Political intrigue and gorgeous worldbuilding await.

A Memory Called Empire
Arkady Martine ยท 2019
An ambassador from a small space station arrives at a vast galactic empire with a dead predecessor's memories implanted in her mind. Poetry, politics, and identity collide.

Kaiju Preservation Society
John Scalzi ยท 2022
After losing his job during the pandemic, Jamie gets recruited to help maintain Godzilla-sized creatures in an alternate dimension. It's exactly as fun as it sounds.

Elder Race
Adrian Tchaikovsky ยท 2021
A princess thinks she's recruiting a wizard to fight a demon. The 'wizard' is an anthropologist with advanced technology and crippling depression. Dual POV perfection.

Great Big Beautiful Life
Emily Henry ยท 2025
Emily Henry's latest. A woman inherits a house in a small town and must face the life she's been running from. Henry does what she does best โ humor, heart, and perfect pacing.

A Memory Called Empire
Arkady Martine ยท 2019
Mahit arrives as ambassador to the Teixcalaan Empire. Her predecessor is dead. His memories are in her head โ but corrupted. She must navigate imperial politics to save her home station.