Rain and Matthew S. Cox, the bestselling duo that brought you New Moon Rising and Convergence, comes Silver Light, the first in a brand-new fantasy series starring Alexis Silver, mermaid detective!For centuries, tales have told of merfolk haunting the seas, strange creatures teasing or helping sailors at their whim, occasionally having them for dinner.And not in a cordial sense.Alexis Silver was ahead of her time, a woman too smart to fit into society at the turn of the century. She gave up her dreams of higher education for love, marrying young, but her husband, and the life she wanted, perished in World War I soon after. Heartbroken and restless, she booked passage on a cruise along the West Coast in search of adventure, but adventure found her.The ship capsized, killing everyone on board, except for her. As she drifted far beneath the waves, inexplicably alive, the reason for her survival flashed by in a streak of silver: a merman.He had passed along the curse — or gift as Alexis sees it.A century later, she breaks up the monotony of immortality in the Pacific Northwest working as a private investigator. The long-dormant maternal instincts of her resident Dark Master kick in when a nice older couple hire her to find their missing son and his family. Her instincts tell her this isn't like her usual jilted-spouse cases.If she doesn't work fast, a little girl is going to die.

    Best enjoyed if you've read Returning, Episode I first! Things are progressing with Mira and Nathan's relationship, although not nearly as quickly as Mira would like. If it were up to her, they'd be well on their way to making a family by now. But Nathan's traditional ways means Mira has to hold herself back. Not an easy ask for a siren. Just as Mira's life seems to be heading in the right direction, her estranged father makes an unexpected appearance. When her father experiences strange memories surfacing, everything Mira believed about the powers of a siren's voice is thrown into doubt. A siren acquaintance from Mira's past reveals more about the mermaid world than Mira had ever been shown by her mother. Don't miss the second installation of Mira's story!

    The body count that preempted it was not. Once an illustrious princess, her hands and tentacles were stained with the blood of thousands. No one could comprehend how the hooks of madness dragged her down from her life of privilege. Born Princess Vanessa of Atlantica, the ambitious young royal was one of two children born to the great King Poseidon. She and her brother, Triton, were groomed from birth to rule. Yet only one would ascend that coveted throne. While carefree Triton flits through his training with a cavalier demeanor and beguiling charm, Vanessa’s hunger for her father’s acceptance drives her to push herself to the limits of magic, and combat to become a leader worthy of her people. When war against the humans ravages their once regal kingdom, political sides are chosen. Factions from the seven seas challenge the existing leadership, pitting Vanessa against her brother in a vicious battle for the crown. Traitors are exposed, dark family secrets revealed, and a once strong sibling bond is strained to its breaking point. Only when the ink black waters from the ultimate betrayal rescind, will the truth be known of how the villainous sea witch rose with one name on her vengeful lips--Triton.

    Navigating life with a supernatural mother is complicated enough (everything you ever thought you knew about mermaids is wrong). Targa feels more at home on dry land than in the watery realm of her ancestors, but when she signs on for a mysterious salvage dive in the Baltic, she and the handsome local she's come to care for suddenly find themselves in grave danger.Born of FireWelcome to the world of the fire magi, where what doesn't kill you (literally) makes you stronger.Saxony counts herself lucky when she wins and au pair position in Italy. But when she finds new and dangerous powers thrust upon her she becomes of interest to the most powerful crime family in Venice. Can she dominate the fire inside before it kills her?Born of EarthThe earth has a long memory. Visiting her family in Ireland and unearthing a terrifying secret, Georjayna learns that there is more to the power of nature than growing plants. Coming face to face with ancient fae and the ghosts of her ancestral past, she soon learns that she's inherited supernatural abilities that can be channelled to heal or channelled to kill. Can she get her powers under control in time to rectify the wrongs of the past?The Elemental Origin Series (which can be read in any order) is a young adult fantasy series which follows a group of best friends over 1 magical summer.

    Mermaid life has never been easy for Verona. Her scars give evidence of her abuse. When her day of reckoning arrives, she is determined to endure exile. According to her father’s experience, exile is better than becoming a land-walker and risking her life among the humans. However, when she saves the life of a drowning human boy, she inadvertently sets off a chain of events which force her to choose a path: stay with the humans she has become attached to or return home to a life of scorn. A savage hunter draws closer, threatening even the humans. Her only hope is to keep everyone safe until the next full moon, but those around her devise their own plans.If you love mermaid tales or paranormal romance, pre-order this coming-of-age story of shifters, first love, and learning what it means to be human.

     It isn’t until the day tragedy struck, though, that her ordinary life in a New England seaside town is torn apart and she finds out just how much her fate is tied to the sea. Monsters, real monsters, crawl out of the ocean looking for her, and suddenly she’s swept up in a swashbuckling tale of magic, myth, war, and fear. Joined by her best friend Yuri, the smuggler and magician Barnabas Coy, and Artem, the last son of the Amazons and greatest swordsman on the Seven Seas, Echo will face were-sharks and leviathans, assassins and mermaids, and find out that her ultimate destiny lies at the bottom of the ocean, with the lost city of Atlantis, and the war that city is planning to start with the surface world. Which side will she choose? What does Atlantis mean to Echo’s past, and for her future? Will she take her place among the other myths and legends of the sea and become the hero she’s meant to be? She'll find a wonder and horror, face tragedy and transformation, and become something she never imagined in her old life: a hero. Set in the same universe as the Indestructibles series, Echo and the Sea introduces another side to that world, one where magic and myth meets swashbuckling adventure. Journey to Atlantis with Echo and her crew and find out what wonders lies just beyond the horizon, and what nightmares lurk just below the sea's surface.

    Suddenly, my friends and I became mermaids. Suddenly, my best friend was a merman who happened to be my soulmate. Suddenly, this mermaid princess was living in our apartment, begging us to help her. Suddenly, my life changed. My name is Lacey, and don't bother asking me why everything started happening so suddenly because I don't have a single clue." When three friends save a mermaid in danger, they have no idea that doing so will turn them into mermaids too. Between soulmates and tails and strange changes to their bodies, what are three brand-spanking-new mermaids to do? Set in the world of Sara Summers' Shifty Series, where humans and shifters live in the same world as friends and neighbors, this stand-alone novella series is about four girls who have to work together to save the underwater world and get used to everything that comes with being mermaids-- powers, soulmates, changes to their bodies, and new responsibilities. This series is clean young adult fiction, containing no explicit content. Suddenly Series: Book 1- Suddenly Mermaids Book 2- Suddenly Soulmates (Coming Soon) Book 3- Suddenly Criminals (Coming Soon) Book 4- Suddenly Special (Coming Soon)

    One Complex. Unlimited Chaos. Mermen in space. Murder. And Minali. Sven's life is going swimmingly. After landing a job as the leader of the Mer colony in the Complex, life couldn't be more perfect. Until a dead body turns up in Sven's fish tank, making him the prime suspect in a murder investigation, and his life fishtails out of control. Sven is in over his head this time. Now with Violet the succubus and a human piranha called Minali on his tail, the other Mer are ready to throw him to the sharks. Can he find the real murderer and prove his innocence before it's too late? The Complex Book Series. A Lone Planet. One Complex. Unlimited Chaos. After a brutal war between Humans and Metas an uneasy truce is declared in the Seldova solar system. At the conclusion of the treaty signing, the Complex is created on the lone planet, Lorn. The Complex is a blended community of Humans and Metas, all sent to test the waters of a more peaceful existence between the two races. Living under a domed community can only mean one thing for the Humans and Metas. Chaos.

    For Sylvia, everything is a cause for fear and panic. Isolated and friendless, she has no interest in the outside world at all. And then, one day, her mother unveils her latest purchase. A mermaid. A real, live mermaid, captured and placed in a water tank. For Sylvia, the mermaid is both terrifying and fascinating. Repulsive and beautiful. Soon, however, Sylvia discovers that the mermaid hasn't just been brought to London so it can be put on display. And as the mermaid makes plans to escape its terrible fate, Sylvia is thrown into a horrific battle for survival. The Mermaid's Revenge is the story of a scared little girl who comes face to face with the true horrors of the natural world.

    Things I thought only existed in fairy tales.My name is Kailani Ericson and my life pretty much sucks. My mother is an indentured servant in this lonely house, serving a hateful old woman who gets her kicks by terrorizing me. One of my few comforts is the sea in my backyard. Diving into its frigid depths is the one thing that makes me truly happy.Then he shows up, and my entire world shifts. Bryce Howell is gorgeous, every girl’s fantasy. He’s also arrogant, insolent, and strictly forbidden. But he’s not normal. He’s something different. Something magical. Our attraction to each other just may be my downfall.As it turns out, I’m not normal either. I am the stuff of myths and legends. Suddenly, my love of the sea and its pull on me make a lot more sense. They say legends never die, and I hope that’s true. There are those who want me dead, and if I can’t put a halt to my seemingly inevitable transformation, there will be nothing I can do to stop them.I love the sea, but ultimately, it might just be what kills me.

    The beloved queen of the Hidden Lagoon has been fishnapped, and some seriously bad mermaids have taken over instead! Now, the girls are the only ones who can stop them.If they’re going to save the day, they’ll need a clam car, some piranha-print nail polish, and possibly a talking seahorse named Steve. Can they do it?Filled with magical mysteries, fabulous shell fashions, and three fin-tastic protagonists to root for, Bad Mermaids Make Waves is a hysterical new middle-grade adventure that will have readers begging for the sea-quel.

    Then, not quite fifteen years old and on the day they bury their father, Jesamiah hits back. In consequence, he flees his home, changes his name to Jesamiah Acorne and joins the crew of his father’s seafaring friend Captain Malachias Taylor, aboard the privateer Mermaid. He makes enemies, sees the ghost of his father, wonders who is the Cornish girl he hears in his mind, and tries to avoid the beguiling lure of a mermaid. An early tale of the young Jesamiah Acorne, set in the years before he becomes Captain of the Sea Witch.

    When a routine patrol goes horribly wrong, she reunites with Peter, the ousted former leader of the Lost Boys. Arya and Peter's tortured past, filled with genetic experimentation, fuel their need for justice.Years earlier, Peter left young Arya when she needed him the most, leaving her torn from James, the love of her life.Now, Arya has no choice, but to trust Peter or risk losing everything.In a future where a constantly rising sea has swallowed nearly all the land on Earth, Arya and Peter fight to regain control of Neverland, a massive floating settlement, now controlled by the Syndicate.The abilities forced on them years ago, are now the weapons they need to fight back. Fans of The Lunar Chronicles series will love this exciting and epic new, young adult series.

    Unfortunately, the job goes wrong and he is trapped in a magical world underneath the deep sea where mer-creatures hunt for a secret key they think he has stolen. Pisces - Silver Blood Collection - is the prequel of Merworld Trilogy. For more information, please visit http://dnleo.com

    One night when Marina is making a soul collection for the empress, trouble arises. She makes a quick decision to protect a human, a forbidden act below the Surface. With powers other merfolk don’t possess, Marina erases the young man’s memory of the incident and leaves him to wake on a South Carolina beach. Beck, a teen with a devastating past, awakens in the sand near the edge of lapping waves with no memory of arriving there. Pieces of a horrific accident, and the face of a girl he’s never met begin to plague his thoughts and dreams. Below the Surface, Marina hides her secret of having saved an air-breather. But when Cordelia discovers Marina’s betrayal and accuses her of treachery, Marina is thrust into the human world with the task of killing Beck and collecting his soul. If Marina fails, she’ll become one of Cordelia’s many slaves. Will she kill him in order to save herself?

    Welcome to Dreamtopia! Join Chelsea and Barbie as they journey to find the magical Winged Unicorn in an enchanting make-believe world filled with princesses,mermaids, fairies, rainbow rivers, lollipop forests, and more!

    Her struggle is more complicated than that of a typical young woman trying to find her way, because she isn’t a young woman – at least not entirely. Kai is a mermaid, only you won’t find her rescuing sailors at sea. She is, by all definition, a monster – a beautiful monster cursed with a lust and hunger nearly impossible to control, and forever drawn to the magic and power of the sea. When she begins experiencing feelings of guilt tugging at what little connection she has left to her soul, everything changes. Nothing is as simple as it once was. Kai must embark upon a dark journey to uncover what is truly beneath the surface. During her pursuit for answers she begins learning more about her family’s curse and her mother, a dark Sea Witch. She knows her Mother cannot be trusted, but can’t help but feel drawn to her power. Once Kai opens her eyes to the possibility of redemption, she’s determined to fight for her soul – without knowing what it might cost her.

     During the month of May 2017, I’ve organized a contest on Instagram for my followers. The first person to post their favorite sea creature each day, won an original drawing of themselves as that sea creature. The contest was a lot of fun, and I’ve discovered animals I’ve never heard of before. You will find the following sea creatures within: Aqua Mermaid Purple Jellyfish Mermaid Seahorse Mermaid Violet Mermaid Yellow Mermaid Sea Otter Mermaid Huntress White Shark Mermaid Siamese Fighting Fish Mermaid Warrior Lionfish Mermaid Queen Hawaiian Bobtail Squid Mermaid Koi Gamer Mermaid Marrus Orthocanna Mermaid Tiger Shark Mermaid Muraena Augusti Mermaid Parrotfish Mermaid Sea Sheep Mermaid Shepherdess Stingray and Starfish Mermaid Anglerfish Merman Warrior Leafy Seadragon Mermaid Giant Mantis Shrimp Warrior Mermaid Goblin Shark Merman Hunter Blue Dragon Nudibranch King Coconut Octopus Mermaid Ocean Sunfish Mermaid Red-Bellied Piranha Pirate Mermaid Red Sea Urchin Mermaid Queen Giant Squid Rococo Mermaid Chinese Alligator Mermaid Clown Frogfish Mermaid Dolphin Merman Orca Mermaid All 31 original drawings were created traditionally with: a blue Col-Erase Pencil, Pilot G-TEC-C4 black pen, and Pantone TRIA Markers. The drawings were later scanned and digitally perfected. Kindle Feature: If you double-click, or double tap the date found underneath each mermaid/merman, the information window will pop up. Hoping you enjoy the sketchbook as much as I’ve enjoyed creating it, Mili Fay Toronto June 16, 2017

    * * * When a new student named Minky arrives at Dollington Academy, Trixie Tangle is determined to make her feel welcome. But when Minky turns out to be a mermaid, Trixie's not so sure she can help this fish out of water feel at home on land.

    Featuring the works of fantasy writers E. Ardell, C.K. Brooke, Michele DeLuca, Erin LeFey, Lyndsay Johnson, and Kyla Stan!

    E, the WellieWishers are here to play in their whimsical stories of fun and friendship. The set includes Camille's Mermaid Tale, The Rainstorm Brainstorm, and The Mystery of Mr. E.