Well, things have certainly gone wrong for Tarabelle Johansson. Taiven is missing, she needs to rule an entire merkingdom on her own, the Upper Kingdom could be invaded at any moment and to top it all off, she's pregnant. Yes, the young woman certainly has her work cut out for her. In this dramatic sequel, many new characters appear including Gabrielle Caslynn, a half-mermaid...of the Deep. She is part of a secret plan to build an army of half-breeds that dark merman Auron has to destroy the Upper Kingdom. But sadly, Gabrielle finds her way into the ocean too early and unexplainable changes happen to her. Yes, she turns into a mermaid, but unlike Tara, she is on her own during her transformation. Not only is it incredibly painful, but after she has no idea where to go, what to do and who to trust. When Gabrielle is taken prisoner by the Upper Kingdom along with her brother Greg, Tara quickly sees that the young boy and the young girl may just be the help she needs to rescue Taiven before an even bigger war breaks between both merkinds.

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/