Ari Callahan has no idea how to talk to boys -- or how to talk to anyone for that matter. Enter Zac, the cute new guy in town who won't stop texting her. But is his interest real, or does he have a hidden agenda? ***** Found as a young child washed up on the beach, 17-year-old Ari Callahan has never uttered a word out loud to anyone -- not even her adoptive family. Psychologists have diagnosed her with a condition called selective mutism, but Ari can't help identifying with her namesake character, Ariel, the little mermaid in the fairytale whose voice was stolen by a sea witch. Mermaid-obsession aside, Ari's silence makes socializing tough. She's never had a boyfriend or been asked out on a date. Not until Zac, the confident new arrival in town, asks for her number. But Zac has his own reasons for texting with Ari. He's part of a movement to sabotage the artificial music app called SirenSong, threatening to render human singing obsolete. Zac's collaborators have scoured the globe in search of a singing voice perfect enough to break the SirenSong spell, and their search has led them straight to Ari's beachside town. Will her relationship with Zac help Ari find her voice and unlock the secrets of her origins? Or will he use her and leave her high and dry? Title: Ari and Zac (formerly The Mermaid Hypothesis) Content Warning: This story contains references to selective mutism, suicidal thoughts, and early childhood trauma.

Josh Canavan has lived a quiet life on the tiny island of Swans Landing, keeping a secret no one else can ever know. But when a new girl arrives on the island, Josh begins to question everything and wonders if maybe he has the courage to step outside of the half-life he's always lived. This novella is a retelling of the young adult paranormal SURFACING, told from Josh's point of view. It is recommended to read this after reading SURFACING!

First book in the Siren series "Hi" I wave sheepishly to the boy in front of me. "Hi" he says waving back. he was gorgeous and so innocent looking. He looked around eighteen and looked kinda like Justin. I had to stop thinking about him. He clears his throat and I know I just got caught drooling over him. I realize I am currently naked on the beach. "here," he says taking off his shirt. I take his shirt and put it over my exposed body. It reaches just slightly under my butt. A blush creeps up on my face. I look at him once again to find his body his perfectly chiseled. I turn away from further embarrassment.

Amanda, a half siren demigod, is tired of assisting her mother and the other sirens in drowning men by singing, so she runs away to a nearby ship where she becomes the only female crew- member. She hides who she really is and tries desperately to forget her past and move on with the future. Now 14 years old, Amanda's life couldn't be more perfect. Captain Joyce has taken her under his wing, and she is now an official crew member and 'one of the guys.' The only one who knows about her terrible past is Jeremy, her best friend. But when Captain Joyce discovers her true identity, he kicks her off the ship. Jeremy accompanies her, a true friend. But when Apollo and Artemis appear to the pair and assign them a quest, they may just discover a little bit about love, who they are, and what they're capable of.

Ambrose. The name is not only feared, but shunned and reviled. He's a monster sentenced to a life of desolation and loneliness, and no one but his tormentor knows his whereabouts - at the bottom of the ocean. A creature of the sea cursed because of one simple mistake... Mari. Her life was a small happy bubble until it's popped by the finding out that her boyfriend has been cheating on her - just as the cruise ship she's on starts to sink! She's sure that death is near until she drowns upon an underwater cave...and a hulking man with swirling eyes. Seeing a chance to escape, Ambrose forces the terrified Mari to help them both, but not before ultimately changing her life...and her legs. Their worlds turning upside in the matter of minutes, Ambrose is on a mission to clear his name and Mari's on a mission to return to land. But how can she do that when she slowly starts to fall for the dangerous, damaged man who only wants to be free...and heal her own heart in the process? THIS IS A FREE SAMPLE

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This is a mermaid story. Don't judge. Pale is a normal 14 year old girl until one day she finds herself craving for water. Not to drink it, but to swim in it. Pale has never loved swimming or the beach, I mean yeah she would do it, but this change in attitude scares her. It not until a matter of time until she goes into the ocean and finds herself a mermaid. 14 year old Pearl has been a mermaid for her whole life. She has always lived with her mom and older sister. But one day, during a big storm, Pearl gets separated from her mother and older sister, and Pearl finds herself closer to the human world. It's not until a matter of time until these two mermaids meet and become friends. But when Pale gives Pearl a taste of a surfing competition at the human world, Pale discovers the truth that she is missing and people are preparing a reward for the people who find her. PG RATING!!!

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/

"Ok. Well when i was 15 years old i went for a swim with out Tatum or Eva. It started getting dark and it started storming. I couldn't swim back, I was getting pulled under over and over again. I guess a past out or something, but i was on a island. I walked up and down the beach trying to find my house. I couldn't see it from wear i was. It was to foggy. I decided to go to higher ground. I was walking on a bunch of rocks and fell. I couldn't get back up. I saw a cave so i went into it. When I got in there, there was a pool looking thing with a waterfall on it. So I thought, Hey maybe it had a exit so i jumped in. Right before I went under I saw a necklace. I grabbed it and put it on. The next day when i touched water I got a tail, And powers."

Enter Elly Moss, The quirky 16-year old with hopes that something special will happen when she finds herself cooped up in a car on the way from her comfy New York high-rise to the beach manor in Cape Cod. While shopping at a mysterious book store and stumbling over a book that 'calls to her', she finds a mystical spell that could make her vacation a little more sweeter. Soon enough, Elly is singing under the mooon, growing scales and even finding herself a handsome merman himself. But when her hometown love is found missing, she has no choice but to risk her legs for his life.