What happens when a human sees too much? Could you kill to protect your people? Capsize his boat… Lure him into the water… Summon sharks … How long will Sirena let Joe live, now he knows her secret? A story about seduction and sharks, parenthood and penguins, at some coral islands off the coast of Western Australia, plus a few other places, too. You'll never look at mermaids the same way again. ><((((º> ><((((º> ><((((º> ><((((º> ><((((º> This is a preview of the second book in the Ocean's Gift series, which is available in ebook wherever you buy good ebooks.

A mysterious castaway. A Scottish hero determined to protect her. Can they survive the storm? Cast adrift on the Indian Ocean, Maria carries a terrible secret. Wherever she goes, death soon follows, and she's powerless to prevent it. William McGregor boarded the SS Trevessa in search of adventure, but he gets more than he bargained for when he saves the mysterious Maria from the sea. She can't tell them her tragic tale, so the superstitious sailors make up their own stories - and some would sacrifice her to the waves to save themselves from the coming storm. When the sharks start circling and the storm closes in, are sirens more than just a myth? A tiny taste of what's in store: My defiance was futile. What did it get me? A small raft drifting across the Indian Ocean, with nothing but the sound of waves and the smell of salt and coal-smoke. Smoke meant a ship. I was saved. I squinted into the sunlight, but the waves hid the vessel from me. Maybe I was looking the wrong way. I didn't have the strength to sit up and see. Rough hands seized me. I struggled, but my weakness won. Blue eyes drifted above, the same colour as the ocean below. A tangle of wiry seaweed obscured the rest of the man's face. "It's all right, lass. I'll take care of you." Darkness took me first. This book has been published and is available wherever you buy good ebooks. If you'd like to get the SECOND book in the series (Ocean's Trial) for free, sign up to Demelza's VIP Reader's Group at http://www.demelzacarlton.com/tandtfree/

Sirens don’t fall in love with humans. For centuries it has been so… But Sirena is different. She lost her first love to sharks and a storm, cursing the islands that stole him from her. Times have changed and she must swim ashore once more, to the islands she once cursed. Gone are the boats powered by sail and steam – jet boats with GPS are now the order of the day. Enter Joe, the deckhand on the Dolphin. A handy man to have around when the lights go out. He’ll fix your generator and have the lights back on in no time, no worries. But can he seduce a siren? Or will she swim away before he can uncover her secret? A book about lobsters, beer and boobs, on some cursed islands off the coast of Western Australia. At least, that's how Joe tells it. For Sirena, it's a very different story. You'll never look at mermaids the same way again. ><((((º> ><((((º> ><((((º> ><((((º> ><((((º> Author's Note: Ocean's Gift is a complete novel, which was published as an ebook in December 2012. This Wattpad story is a preview of the first 20% of the book, as part of the publishing agreement is that I cannot publish or distribute my book in its entirety with anyone else, including posting it online on Wattpad. I hope you enjoy this preview. Ocean's Gift is available in ebook and paperback from Amazon, Apple, Sony, Kobo and anywhere else you buy good books.

The ocean was an unforgiving force that took as it pleased and gave little back. Astrid knew that to be a fact. After the tragedy of her mother's death, she watched her father's sanity collapse as he was driven to prove that it was more than just a boating accident. Unlike him, she stayed well away from the water's edge and out of its grasp, immersed in the sorrow of her loss. But what little the ocean did give back, a man of myth with the tail of a fish, could reveal more about the secrets to a harrowing conspiracy brewing below the surface.

Kelsea Glass doesn't believe in mermaids - or rather, she didn't until she finds out first-hand not only that merfolk are real, but that the bite of a merman can turn a human into a mermaid. Now she is stuck with some guy who bit her, trying to figure out what he wants and how to get back home. --- "Fine," she said, upset. "You are a beast, a monster." The merman brushed off the insult. "Be careful who you call a beast. You are about to turn into one yourself." --- Beauty and the Beast with some fishy twists. --- ON HIATUS - will be back soon! Thanks for your patience. Update April 14, 2020: HI FRIENDS! I AM NOT DEAD NOR HAVE I ABANDONED TMD. I'm about to graduate from grad school, so give me just one more month or so before I start posting updates. Sorry for the delay. You all are amazing and I love getting comment notifications.

After a horrible accident, Mara was given another chance at life; a life lurking in the depths of the ocean. She's caught in between good and evil. Her soul is still intact, but it's infused with darkness. Mara resides in the harsh waters of the Atlantic, near the coast of Maine, and busies herself with sinking the yachts of the rich and manipulative. After every sink, though, she's shrouded with guilt; guilt that is slowly diminishing everyday. When Zander Mitchell, in all his arrogant, cocky, miserable glory, sails Mara's waters, she'd oddly fascinated by the human. Little does she know that he could be the key to her demise or the key to unlock the good in her that was pushed deep down for far too long. Mara is dark and dangerous, but Zander is drawn to her beautiful, indescribable fury.

The first three chapters of the rewrite (draft version) of this book will be released on August 21, 2022. Prologue is out now to read. Come back and fall in love with Charlotte and Nayte all over again as they embark on a journey set in a whole new world. New adventures, new friends, and new magic with a slow burning romance for die for. Please note I wrote this back in HS 2012-2013 but I still hope you enjoy the story.

Each baby born beneath the waves is killed--with one exception: the one hundred thousandth is spared. There's one rule shared between the island's tribes: don't touch the water. When Cressa-la breaks this law, her world, and body, changes. Sure, change is normal... but when has growing scales ever been normal? • • • Watty Award Winner 2015: Best Use of Visuals • • • Each baby born beneath the waves is killed--with one exception: the one hundred thousandth is spared. Among the spared, magic chooses a rare few, connecting them to the moon or sea. These are the One-Hundreds, mermaids and humans with the power to save the world-or corrupt it. When Cressa-la breaks the first rule of her tribe and touches the water surrounding her island, everything she knows turns on its head. Talking, sinister dolphins, mind control, and a whole world just under the waves await her on her eigteenth birthday... but she never asked for any of this. All she wanted was to become a Tribe Leader and take care of her village. It's amazing how one screw-up can change everything. A relentless darkness reaches for her, wanting her affections for his own twisted purposes. In opposition stands a fractured light, haunted by a painful past where corruption eroded friendship. Unless Cressa-la can bring the darkness to his knees and fight the war raging inside, the world is doomed. • • • Content warning: This story contains themes of depression and violence.

What if the tale of the Little Mermaid was not what you thought? What if the "Little" Mermaid was not sweet and innocent? 18 year old Layla is the youngest in her family. Yes she has beautiful long dark hair and eyes that are as blue as the ocean, but she is not sweet and innocent, not like you may think. Layla has always been jealous of her six sisters, always being able to go up to the surface when she couldn't and when the day finally came to go up to the surface, there is a man that she is fascinated by. She decides to go what everyone in the sea calls the "sea witch". But what if she wasn't a sea witch at all? What if she was just a kind witch that offered people help when they needed it the most? She offers Layla a deal that she cannot refuse, to be human, to make the man she saw to fall in love with her, but when she realises Layla's plans she realises that Layla didn't want to fall in love with the man. She wanted to make the prince fall for her using a potion and then when the time came, kill him. So when she finally ruled the kingdom of the sea, she could be a mermaid once more, and rule as the Queen, the one and only Queen.