Dark and Lovely Mermaids Julie Catherine (Broken Mermaids, #2) Publication date: June 11th 2024 Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance Mermen. Monsters. And a lot of Manipulation. An at-odds prisoner (merman) and warden (mermaid) are about to set off to cross the deep ocean and end up running for their lives. Dive into the twisted waters of Dark and Lovely Mermaids, a forced proximity, enemies to lovers paranormal romance where the love is deep and the ocean is wild. Ellara Merme made a bad deal. To save her friends and human sweetheart, she agreed to become a sea-slave, the lowest class in the mermaid world. It’s hell on earth, at the bottom of the ocean. A terrible choice. The only decision that’s worse, is the choice she’s about to make. The leader of the mermaids has offered her an out: Deliver the merman prisoner to Neptune’s army and all will be forgiven. No problem. Should be an easy mission. Except… … the deep ocean is full of sea monsters itching to make the mermaid th...

The Day Of The Wave by Becky Wicks  Publication date: May 2015 Genres: Adult, Romance Synopsis: Isla and Ben were just sixteen when the Boxing Day tsunami tore through their beach resort in Thailand. Just days after forming a life-changing bond, both were missing and presumed dead. Unbeknown to each other and haunted by one of the biggest natural disasters in world history, Isla and Ben are living very different lives, until over a decade later when a chance encounter throws them back together. Based on real life events, The Day of the Wave is a story of healing, learning to let go, and figuring out when to hold on with everything you have left. Goodreads:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25040673-the-day-of-the-wave?ac=1 AUTHOR BIO: Becky Wicks lives in Bali and scribbles books, and she’s mostly powered by coffee. Her first book in the Starstruck Series, Before He Was Famous recently reached #1 in Amazon’s C...

    Review: Kaleidoscope - Book #2 Stim Series - Kevin Berry - January 2014 When I saw this book , there were several things I loved about 1) being the cover - as someone who has dyed my hair bright colours - I loved this and yes, I have been blue and black like Chloe on the cover , 2) the fact that the story is set in New Zealand and focuses on one of our later Natural Disasters - the Christchurch Earthquake in February 2011 ( the major one) and 3) the novel includes the main characters as having Aspergers's syndrome and various other disorders. Growing up, I have been exposed to Aspergers's syndrome as my brother has Autism and I have been part of Parent 2 Parent which works with families with children with disabilities. So as I was reading about Chloe and some of her Aspie quirks it did make me wonder whether we all have a little bit of it somewhere and I felt that I could relate to Chloe on a personal level. In Kaleidoscope , the earthquake has just s...