The whole slow walk home, I couldn’t get the image of him leaning in for the kiss out of my head. It reappeared every time I closed my eyes. Nate had learned my biggest secret. And I knew I wasn’t going to earn it back. Meet Ashlyn Montgomery, a normal teen girl. Well, sorta. See, she's kinda a mermaid. And when she meets Nate, her entire world flips upside down. And then Aidan comes along. She's trapped in a love triangle, and the only stable thing in her life is her bestie Paisley, who doesn't even know her secret! What is a fish to do? Reader beware, this isn't your normal love triangle. Follow a fish as she battles tough decisions and other challenges in Lie to Me: A Mermaid Tale. © Copyright to iWantYou2WantMe at wattpad.com.

"I was smoking on Shellfish Bridge, thinking about how I had completely screwed up my life, when an idea occurred to me; what if I jumped?" What happens when you make a suicidal jump off a bridge and everything goes completely wrong? Ask Tarabelle Johansson, an 18 year old girl that wanted to end her life, even though it had barely begun. Despite having to leave behind her older brother Ridge, Tara saw no good reason to stay alive much longer. Her mother has been deceased since she was nine and her father was a jobless drunk that had fun abusing Tara in every single way. The day Tara finally "quits" her job, she also decides to quit her life the easy way, by jumping off a bridge. But when she jumps off, nothing happens. She was supposed to die...only she didn't. The young woman was saved by the most unlikely creature possible, a mermaid. Instead of swimming Tara back to the surface to live on her life, the sea-girl decides to turn Tarabelle into a mermaid. Now, not only is Tara forced to live in an underwater kingdom full of human fish and has no idea how to adapt, but she also falls for the prince (soon to be king) Taiven. But the mermen is already engaged, and Tara finds out that his bride to be Adara is not what she appears. While all of this happens under sea, back on land Tarabelle's older brother Ridge, attempts to find out what exactly happened to her. He is convinced that his little sister would not commit suicide...or would she? This is the dazzling story about a girl who's life got turned upside down the day she wanted to die. This is the beginning of A Mermaid Tale.

-- COMPLETED AND EDITING -- Nicole Shipton c. 2013 Teenage Michaela was a simple girl with an everyday life living in sunny California, excited about her sixteenth birthday party; a chance to get away from her strict parents for just a few hours. The quick surf Michaela and her sister Jess went on before the guests were due to arrive was meant to relax her, but to say it did the opposite would be an understatement. That surf turned Michaela's life around. Within a week, she had sprouted a tail, along with her sister. Michaela's parents weren't much help, leaving her and Jess to sort through the mess alone. When their mother and father finally took them to their home in the ocean, the two girls were kidnapped. One of the last remaining sea witches, a malicious woman named Krella, brought Michaela, Jess, and two other merpeople to the small town of Rocksworth. There, they were forced to do unmentionable and traumatizing things. Michaela doesn't know if she'll ever return to the coral castle she so briefly saw her parents call home, and if she does, what kind of life might that be? Read the sequel Unpredicted: http://www.wattpad.com/story/34212937-unpredicted -- Written at age eleven. Not very good (in my opinion). Being edited at age fourteen. --

As a princess takes her final steps towards her inevitable sacrifice, her only thoughts circle around the idea of death. A death predetermined by a prophecy. One that will grant her brother king his victory in war. Cast into the depths of the sea, Princess Anthea must confront her brother's betrayal and everything her new world entails. As ancient forces stir and her body begins to change, Anthea's destiny becomes entangled with the fate of her kingdom and the looming battle against her brother's ambitions. Will she reclaim her place, or will the prophecy drown everything she once knew? ONC2025

Aria is a professional mermaid at an aquarium. She wears a fake tail and performs for visitors. All her life, she has been in love with the mythical creatures, but her whole world is turned upside down when they turn out to be more than myths and she gets caught in the middle of feuding cities from deep under the sea.

When the siren Nona lures the fearsome pirate captain Westley Brigham with her haunting song, neither could predict the turbulent fate that binds them. Nona, fierce and independent, despises humans but finds herself captured and trapped in a world that clashes with her oceanic nature. Westley, driven by a quest to find his long-lost sister, sees Nona as both a peril and a priceless prize. As they clash on the high seas, their mutual disdain gives way to an unexpected alliance and a passionate romance. Their bond is tested by betrayal, battles, and the haunting truths of their pasts. Facing threats from both the ocean's depths and the naval powers above, Nona and Westley must navigate their complex feelings while fighting for survival. In this sweeping adventure of love, loss, and the uncharted waters of the heart, "The Siren's Lament" explores the transformative power of connection and the enduring legacy of a forbidden love.

Aria Morales is a girl of secrets. At school, she's invisible by choice-quiet, guarded, and perfectly forgettable. After hours, she's a vlogger with a secret side no one knows. And underneath it all? She's something more: a mermaid with elemental powers tied to her emotions-and one mistake away from being exposed. She's spent years keeping those versions of herself separate. But when a class project forces her to work with Jack Carter-the school's golden quarterback with a reputation for breaking hearts-everything starts to slip. One accidental touch. One water spill. One breath too deep. And suddenly, Aria's carefully controlled world is threatening to unravel. Staying invisible was the plan. But the more time she spends around Jack, the harder it gets to hide who she really is. One project. One secret. And a boy who could ruin everything without even trying. ᴄᴏᴘʏʀɪɢʜᴛ © 2025 ʙʏ ᴠɪᴠɪ ᴀʟʟ ʀɪɢʜᴛꜱ ʀᴇꜱᴇʀᴠᴇᴅ. ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴏʀ ᴀɴʏ ᴘᴏʀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇᴏꜰ ᴍᴀʏ ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇ ʀᴇᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇᴅ ᴏʀ ᴜꜱᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴀɴʏ ᴍᴀɴɴᴇʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛꜱᴏᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇxᴘʀᴇꜱꜱ ᴡʀɪᴛᴛᴇɴ ᴘᴇʀᴍɪꜱꜱɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇʀ ᴇxᴄᴇᴘᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜꜱᴇ ᴏꜰ ʙʀɪᴇꜰ Qᴜᴏᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ɪɴ ᴀ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ. © ᴀʟʟ ʀɪɢʜᴛꜱ ʀᴇꜱᴇʀᴠᴇᴅ.

Isolde is a plain human girl with no magic in a world full of souls who are.. well, not like her. While baking bread, reading fairytales and trying to remain invisible, she made it her mission to live the most normal life she could lead. But there's nothing normal about being executed at the King's orders and there is also nothing normal about waking up 200 years later, on a deadly cold mountain surrounded by four criminals who all have their own reasons to join Isolde on her quest to answers. ----- - slow burn polyamory fantasy romance -

Sophie Thwaite feels like a fish out of water-- literally. Moving to Chalance to escape the memories of a brutal relationship, she dives headfirst into the quiet, local college in the hopes to stay out of the spotlight and keep her unwanted identity a secret. But her plan is quickly thrown off track when she catches the eye of Adrian O'Connor. From the moment she sees him, she knows there's something different about him; he emits a power that makes those around him cower away, and to her horror and confusion, she inexplicably drawn to him. Trying to understand the connection between them, Sophie soon realizes that are more supernatural things in the world than just her kind, and not all of them are good. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, COPYRIGHTED NP 2013

hannah and jj have been best friends as long as they can remember, but can you really be just friends with someone you're in love with? jj maybank//OC