"I was walking in the rocks next to the crashing waves in Georgetown, Maine. I had seen so many beautiful tide pools. Then I came across this one, gigantic tide pool. It was so beautiful and I wanted to swim in it. I pulled out the hair elastic sending the red mid-chest long hair swinging around my head. I kicked off my sandals and dove in from a rock, for the tide pool was about 10 feet deep. I treaded water for quite a while as I watched the moon rise. Suddenly the green water started producing green sparkles. The water bubbled around me and then a blinding flash of light." Tatum Ganormie has a secret. Nobody knows about it except for her two best friends, Brynn and Sterling, who also have the same secret.

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.

Sixteen-year-old Mara Westray has just lost her mother, and now, being shipped off to live with the father she doesn’t know is not how she imagined grieving. She’s already counting down the days until she turns eighteen and can leave the tiny island of Swans Landing. But from the moment she steps off the ferry, nothing is as ordinary as it looks. Whispers of a haunting song on the wind make her see impossible things, and she isn’t sure she can trust her judgment about what is real and what isn’t anymore. Maybe she can’t even trust her judgment about quiet Josh Canavan, whose way of speaking in riddles and half-truths only confuses her more, luring her deeper into the secrets hidden beneath the ocean’s surface. As she tries to unravel the events that led to her mom fleeing the island sixteen years ago, Mara finds that the biggest secret of all is only the beginning. SURFACING is currently available in ebook format from Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, iTunes, Smashwords, and other ebook retailers. Available in audiobook from Audible, and in print at Amazon. Visit my website for more information on the Swans Landing series and where to purchase the ebooks: http://www.shananorris.com/surfacing/

Sapphire was a normal teenager. She went to high school, had friends, and had homework. But unlike everybody, Sapphire never went in the water. It was abnormal. Even trying the hardest to get the answer from her mom of why she wasn't allowed, she never got the answer. But everyone knows that patience cant stay forever. You cant listen to your parents forever. Sapphire knows that. But spending her whole life being obedient to her mom, she couldn't take it. That surprise's her. It was the first time she disobeyed her moms rules. But what was the danger? It wasn't like she was going to smoke or gamble? She was going to swim. That isn't wrong, isn't it? But sometimes mom's are right. Going in the water was Sapphire's biggest decision. Now she regrets it. In another way, it surprises her. But everyone should remember, Even the smallest decision can cost someone's life, and Sapphire's decision did. But in return it gave her the most astonishing secret. Something she couldn't tell. Something in which, it made her powerful. More than a mermaid.

(Sample): I opened my eyes, waiting for the transformation to happen. Less than three seconds later, the change occurred. The transformation never ceased to amaze me and as I watched it, I remembered the times when the water was salty instead of clean, house water. Oh yeah, you still don't know who I am. Well, I'll give you a little summary. My name is Aquarina, Aqua for short. I just moved to Dallas, Texas from a little town called Fort Myers in Florida. I will be a junior in high school this year. Oh and let's just say I'm not your average 17 year old girl. I mean I dress like a normal girl, minus the face cake of makeup and the heels.(Yeah, sorry. I don't do high heels. I only go for 1-inch heels if anything.) I listen to normal music and I talk like everyone else. Normal American accent. I also have a phone, computer, laptop, and all those other electronic necessities. I don't have any mental issues. I was born like any normal baby. Well, that's not entirely true. I am anything but normal or average. You see, my DNA is different. No, I'm not a werewolf. Or vampire, fairy, wizard, witch, or ghost. When my skin comes in contact with water, I change. My eyes and hair change. My eyes become a clear silver and my hair a solid blue, lighter than navy but darker than aqua, sorta like the Crayola color. I get a tail for feet and my scales are the color of my eyes. So now you think "Scales? Like a fish or something?" Actually that is half true. I'm half fish and half human. Yup, that's right. I'm a mermaid. That's not all of it. My family are as well. (End of Sample):

Emma Newfound had always grown up near the ocean. She loved the crystal clear water of Florida's coast. Emma's life had not been the best. She was always bullied in school, her mom was still recovering from a heartbreaking divorce, and she was self conscious beyond belief. The ocean has always been, and will always be, her escape. One day, the ocean, would change her life forever.

Welcome to the second book of The Mermaid Pirate. The Darkness is rising again and only Charlie has the ability to stop it. However, will the darkness consume her before she destroys it or will she succeed in saving the ocean? September 22, 2014 Adventure: #71 Fantasy #81 October 1, 2014 Adventure #70 Fantasy #76 December 4, 2014 Adventure #46

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.

Cecelia was always fond of the ocean. Its striking deep, blue color draws her in. The whooshing sound of waves crashing against the shore, the smell of salt and seaweed, and the sound of the seagulls calling in the distance are all her escape. Living in a house near the ocean, Cecelia has exactly what she needs - until one raging, stormy night comes along. Since then, she suspects seeing a merman in the ocean, and she thinks she's losing it - what happens when this merman takes interest in her? What happens when this merman wants to claim her as his? Cover done by @bzevil

Assyria is the mermaid with the long, weird name, the daughter to one of the oceans most powerful mer leaders and sister to a bunch of over protective brothers. She's also the mate to Cameron Forrest, the future alpha of The Blood Moon Pack. Cameron knows that Assyria is his mate but keeps quiet, nobody wants the weak human as a mate right? Wrong. He soon realises he can't live without her and would do anything to have her by his side. Assyria also knows that she's his mate but she keeps quiet, she knows everything about Cameron and his pack yet he knows nothing about her. About what she is. A mermaid.