The fairies present a very interesting book today about mermaids!
We give you...
Ink: A Mermaid Romance by Melanie Karsak!!!
Publication date: June 2nd 2015
Genres: Adult, Paranormal,
SYNOPSIS
A mermaid princess destined to wed a handsome king…
It sounds like a fairy tale, but the reality is far murkier.
Ink, Princess of the Florida Atlantic mers, is slated to wed the ancient enemy of her tribe, the King of the Gulfs. After years of war that led to countless mer deaths, as well as the genocide of aquatic shapeshifters and the freshwater mers of Florida, Ink’s marriage will bring lasting peace.
Or so it seems.
Mere hours before she’s supposed to leave the ocean for her customary year as a drywalker, Ink meets Hal, an alligator shifter who warns her that a storm is brewing. There is malicious intent behind Ink’s marriage—and worse, meeting Hal has also caused a storm to rage in Ink’s heart. Nevertheless, loyal to her tribe, Ink will put aside her feelings and journey to Miami to marry the decadent King Manx.
Ink soon learns that her only hope of surviving the crashing force swelling around her is to tap into a power deep inside—a forbidden power that might destroy them all.
EXCERPT
I gritted my
teeth and turned back, staring at those gathered on the small island. Steeling
my nerve, I swam forward. My tail dragged along the sandy ocean bottom. I
curled it, resting it on the sand, then closed my eyes. I had seen the
transformation many times, had come to bear witness as the others left the
tribe for their year in exile. I always pitied them.
The first
crash of agonizing pain washed over me. I felt as if I had been stung by an
entire bloom of jellyfish. Pain swallowed me. It was like I’d been sliced from
my flipper to my waist. I betrayed myself by gasping out loud.
“Ink,” Indigo
whispered softly.
My body arched
as another shooting wave of pain bolted upward. My body shook as jolt after
jolt racked me. After the sharp pains subsided, I felt a warm tingling
sensation. I opened my eyes. Blue and gold light spiraled around the lower half
of my body. I stared down at the water in amazement, watching as my tail slowly
transformed into legs.
The glowing
light then traveled up my body. It centered on the tribal mark on my back. The
mark began to feel very hot. Suddenly, pain seared across my back. I felt like
I’d been scraped along a coral reef. A drywalker’s tribal mark forms into its
final pattern when we make our first transformation. The mark on my back,
strange and large, always puzzled me. Now I learned it was renowned enough to
earn me a prophecy. I hardly knew what to think of that. Had Creon known? Would
he believe something like that or did he just find a way to use it to his
advantage? The answer, it seemed, was obvious. At the end of the pathway, King
Manx waited for me.
The glowing
light pulsated brightly once more, surrounding my body in an orb of light, then
dissipated into the night’s sky. Moments later, I felt a strange sensation as
cool water swished between my legs, touching my body in its most sensitive
female parts which, without the protective covering of my tail scales, were
exposed. It took me a moment to steady myself in the rocking waves. My hand
drifted underwater to my sides. I gently stroked my hands over my body, feeling
the bastardization of myself as a mer. Now, I was just like the humans. I stood
on two feet, feeling the sand between my toes. Fighting the waves on wobbling
knees, I made my way toward the beach.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Melanie Karsak is the author of the Amazon best-selling steampunk series The Airship Racing Chronicles (Chasing the Star Garden and Chasing the Green Fairy) and the award-wining horror/dark fantasy Harvesting Series. She grew up in rural northwestern Pennsylvania and earned a Master’s degree in English from Gannon University. A steampunk connoisseur, white elephant collector, and zombie whisperer, the author currently lives in Florida with her husband and two children. She is an Instructor of English at Eastern Florida State College.
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