Best of
Mermaids

2016

Born of Water


A.L. Knorr - 2016
    Navigating life with a supernatural mother is tricky enough, but dealing with the feelings of guilt that she's never been able to 'change', and confusion that she doesn't seem to be attracted to boys (or girls for that matter), Targa feels like she's got more demons than the average kid.When the opportunity to salvage a mysterious wreck in the Baltic arises for her mom, a professional salvage diver by day, Targa jumps at the chance to go abroad for the summer. But it's when she meets Antoni Baranek, and a boating accident puts them both in danger, that Targa's world turns completely inside out in more ways than one.

Underneath - A Merfolk Tale


M.N. Arzu - 2016
    A story that has her tracking elusive clues into an ever-growing house of secrets surrounding one of the richest families in New York City.For merfolk have been hiding in plain sight for centuries, and are now torn between sacrificing one of their own — or telling humanity the truth.Underneath - A Merfolk Tale is an exceptionally different take on mermaid stories, one that combines the fear of the unknown with the need to protect those we love the most.

Shearwater


D.S. Murphy - 2016
    in Ireland. Once there, she discovers that her mother’s past is filled with secrets. Determined to discover the truth about her mother, a string of strange incidents cause her to question her sanity. As the mystery deepens, she begins going through changes of her own, until she’s not sure just who – or what – she is anymore. Then she meets the charming Sebastian, who won’t leave her alone, and the brooding Ethan, who can’t stand to be around her. Both of them seem to have supernatural powers, and she’s not quite sure whether they want to kiss her or kill her. When a shocking revelation destroys everything she thought she knew, she's forced to choose... whether to cling to the last of her humanity, or venture into the deep abyss in search of her true identity. This is PART ONE of the first book (Shearwater), of the Ocean Depths Series.

Returning: A Water Novella


A.L. Knorr - 2016
     It’s time to leave the ocean. Mira Belshaw has been at sea for… well, she doesn’t know how many years. It’s hard to keep track of time when you live in the ocean. But after enough time, the salt water triggers the desire to procreate, and her time is up. For weeks, she’s been swimming north. Finding a mate is the most important thing to her right now, and to do that, she has to return to the place where she was last human - the coastal city of Saltford. Equipped with everything she needs to lure her perfect mate and produce a strong siren child, all she needs is the opportunity to mingle with humans. But when she meets Nathan MacAuley, the ONE, things start to go sideways…

Water and Blood


B. Kristin McMichael - 2016
    It was a chance to start over, a fresh start outside the paranormal night human world she grew up in. She was ready to be a normal human; one who didn't have to worry about drinking blood or all the fighting that went on in that world. Perfectionist Sam did everything well. He protected his family and friends as he swore he would. He had jobs to help everyone survive while they hid in plain sight. He even taught swimming lessons. His life was perfect, at least until Whitney showed up in his town. Without thinking of the consequences, Sam makes a choice to follow his heart for a change. That choice changes everything, maybe for better or for worse. After one year of getting used to her new reality, Whitney discovers that maybe she was never meant to leave the night human world after all. Deciding to take swimming lessons, she is paired with high school hottie Prince Sam, as her friends called him. That one decision changes her life, and she's quickly thrown right back into the night human world she thought she was getting away from. The only question is: Can she survive going back?

Hiding Haelo


T.M. Holladay - 2016
    Real mermaids don't have fins. Summoning ocean currents at will and feeling the auras of those around her are Candeon capabilities completely wasted at high school. When the memory of an underwater battle surfaces in her dreams, Haelo realizes there is more to her story than she thought. And Dagger, the only other Candeon at school, might have the answers she needs. Haelo is about to discover that high school is poor preparation for the alarming future set out before her.

Emily Windsnap: Six Swishy Tails of Land and Sea


Liz Kessler - 2016
    Half-mermaid, half-human, and all magic, Emily Windsnap has had middle-grade readers under her spell for more than a decade. All six of her shimmering underwater adventures are now available in one beautiful collection of paperbacks with a bonus twelve-page friendship booklet for readers to share with their BFFs. Includes books 1 through 6, in paperback: The Tail of Emily WindsnapEmily Windsnap and the Monster from the DeepEmily Windsnap and the Castle in the MistEmily Windsnap and the Siren s SecretEmily Windsnap and the Land of the Midnight SunEmily Windsnap and the Ship of Lost SoulsBonus! Best Friends with Emily Windsnap booklet"

Hook's Little Mermaid


Suzanna Lynn - 2016
    He is a pirate, after all. However, after getting word that a boy named Peter Pan played a part in the death of a dear loved one, Hook makes it his sole purpose to hunt down and destroy the fiend. On his journey for vengeance, the captain encounters many new comrades, including a young girl named Red and a fairy called Tinker Bell, and both push him to reconsider his desire for justice. The accidental rescue of a mermaid leads him on a whirlwind adventure in Neverland. The journey is not a simple one, considering Pan, the Lost Boys, mermaids, and magic all come into play. After several misadventures, Hook must choose between the possibility of a new life with love and his much-desired retaliation against Pan. Once everything is said and done, will the captain be able to overcome his need for revenge? Will he let compassion steer him toward love? Or will Captain Hook live up to his villainous reputation?

The Syrena Legacy: Of Poseidon, Of Triton, and Of Neptune


Anna Banks - 2016
    In Of Poseiden, Galen, the mermaid prince of the underwater kingdom of Syrena, travels to land in order to find a girl who is said to be able to communicate with fish. There he meets Emma, a girl who he has an immediate connection with and who may be the key to saving his kingdom. As the series continues, Emma finds that she has connections to the undersea world that put her at odds both with mermaids and with humans. With the help of Galen, she has to work to reconcile the two worlds in order to continue her life in peace.“A refreshing story filled with vibrant characters, feisty humor, and an irresistible romance. This story of star-crossed lovers in a luscious coastal setting brings new life to the age-old myth of merfolk and left me swooning for more!” —Marissa Meyer, New York Times–bestselling author of CinderThis ebook bundle includes all three books in the Syrena series: Of Poseidon, Of Triton, & Of Neptune.

Sinking


Sarah Armstrong-Garner - 2016
    Taken in by a lonely old woman full of plots and schemes for the lovely yet enigmatic creature, Jocelyn knows only one thing. She longs for the sea with every ounce of her being. Yet it tried to kill her.Aidan Boyd loves two things. His ship and the sea. When Jocelyn is thrust upon his vessel in the midst of his superstitious crew, he finds himself intoxicated by her--willing to give up everything for her. He soon finds he cannot live without her.But something holds Jocelyn back. The whisper of another's love. The embrace of water. Does she belong to this world? Or could Jocelyn possibly be from the sea?

The Magical World of Amy Lee


Amy Lee - 2016
    Can you escape from the creepers, decode a secret message from the fairies, stop Mittens causing too much chaos and become a cute recruit?

The Siren's Daughters


Rebecca Caden - 2016
    Her deepest moment of desperation draws an unlikely ally: a mermaid. Aila forms a pact with the mermaid that will save them both from the realization of their worst fears - and will drastically alter the lives of their daughters, on land and in the sea.

The Oscar Wilde Collection: A Selection of His Greatest Work


Oscar Wilde - 2016
    The Oscar Wilde Collection features his very best work, bound in a deluxe hardcover slip-case edition. Selections include the philosophical/horror novel The Picture of Dorian Gray; the short story collections Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, the popular collection of Wilde's satirical fairy tales The Happy Prince & Other Stories, A House of Pomegranates, the classic comic ghost story The Canterville Ghost, and The Ballad of Reading Gaol, a poem written while Wilde was in exile following his release from prison. Throughout the book are beautiful black-and-white illustrations, including reproductions of the original edition's art for Wilde's fairy tales by Walter Crane and Jacomb Hood.The mark of a great writer is his relevance to subsequent generations of readers. Oscar Wilde is probably more popular now than he was in his lifetime and this compilation is the perfect introduction to his genius. The perfect addition to any Oscar Wilde or literature lover's shelf, this sturdy, full-color slip-case contains a gold-embossed hardback that creates a tasteful, elegant tribute to the genius that was Oscar Wilde.

Witch's Sight


Crissy Moss - 2016
     When Alyn's daughter starts singing to flowers she begins to worry about her. When the flowers start to listen to the young girls songs Alyn becomes terrified. How do you rescue your daughter from a fate worse than death?

A Selkie's Magic


Lana Lea Short - 2016
    She's prompted to relocate after an awful heart-wrenching break-up with her boyfriend, who she caught him having sex with another woman She wants only to escape the painful memories of his betrayal. She knows she needs a change of scenery and decides to stay at her grandmother's cottage while her heart heals. Aileana is sure time and distance are what she needs to get over her heartbreak. Her grandmother's Highland home on the sea cliffs outside of Durness, Scotland calls to her soul. As a writer, she is able to work anywhere. She's writing a piece on oil well platforms located offshore near her grandmother's home, which makes Scotland the perfect place to lick her wounds and move on with her life. Instead, she runs into a man from her past, Kendrick Morgan. A man with gorgeous long, dark hair with the body of a god; a man with a secret. He happens to be a shapeshifting Selkie Prince, a creature of Celtic myths and legends. Subsequently, she learns her family has ties to the Selkies of Durness, which she had thought only to exist in the Scottish folktales her grandmother told her as a child. Kendrick and his Selkie clan are tasked with protecting the locals from evil Unseelies in the form of Finfolk. There have been reports of kidnapping, but when Aileana's abducted, will Kendrick be able to save the woman he's given his heart to? Kendrick helps her heart mend and her feelings for him grow as she starts to let love back into her life. Now Kendrick strives to convince her there's magic in a Selkie's love. Their worlds collide and tangle with lust and passion, when she trusts her heart to her Selkie lover.

A Natural History of the Fantastic


Christopher Stoll - 2016
    A unique 120 page art-book bestiary includes the anatomy, behavior, and origins of over 20 amazing fantasy creatures, each interconnected through a series of recorded histories, myths, and first-hand encounters that stress the value of exploration and curiosity in the face of superstition.

Water


Emory Gayle - 2016
    Seven years later, she’s still afraid of the water, and can barely keep herself from falling apart completely. The last thing that Cora wanted was to fall in love. But she couldn’t have prepared herself for Darrien Locke, the handsome swim instructor at Camp Crystal. Unbeknownst to Cora, they are already connected in unimaginable ways. Mysterious things begin to happen to her, plunging her into a whirlwind of danger and chaos. Only one thing remains steady…Darrien. But he’s not at all what he seems. Darrien must help Cora discover who she really is, before a terrible power in the deep reaches her. To do that, Darrien must commit the ultimate betrayal. In a stunning reimagining of mermaid lore, Water is the perfect combination of suspense, mystery, humor, and romance. Its gripping tale of love and danger, combined with a terrifically detailed world below the waves, will have readers breathless and begging for more.