🏷️ Fish Out Of Water
9 entries tagged with this trope
It Happened One Summer
Tessa Bailey · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 — humor, heart, and perfect pacing.
A Memory Called Empire
Arkady Martine · 2019
Mahit arrives as ambassador to the Teixcalaan Empire. Her predecessor is dead. His memories are in her head — but corrupted. She must navigate imperial politics to save her home station.