Banished from his own mansion, Kendric risks all by returning to see the woman he loves-when a man who is Kendric's brother in all but name discovers him. In a land breathing with magic and mystery, where snowflakes fall about a young man fleeing in the night from relentless pursuit . . . who is responsible for a murder? And who will pay for it? A 3000-word short work of fantasy.

The United States has entered the war, and Nazi intelligence scrambles to install spies who can be caught and not convicted, questioned but not suspected. At fifteen, Kurt is a proud patriot of the Reich. He is beyond enthusiastic when asked to participate in a top-secret spy program. But when he poses as an orphan and placed in an unsuspecting American family, everything Kurt believed about himself and his country begins to crumble. In the struggle between his allegiance and reality, he is forced to make a choice. Who will he betray?

The sea isn't safe. Only the bravest and strongest become sailors. Luminescent mermaids roam the depths and the shallows, mouthing words no one can hear, never surfacing. Raised all his life in an island fishing village, bookish Emerson Kadwell has always been warned away from the shore. But an infant memory of a song and the lapping of waves continually draw him. When Emerson finds a mermaid stranded in an isolated part of the shoreline, the truth about his past and hers will change his world forever. A luminescent mermaid. A bookish inventor. A terrible truth. Shallows is a clean YA fantasy novel with elements of paranormal and romance. It is the first in a series. --- NOTE: NOW THAT THIS NOVEL IS AVAILABLE ON KINDLE, I CAN ONLY LEAVE A SAMPLE AMOUNT HERE ON WATTPAD. Thanks for understanding and I hope you enjoy! (The full book is free to read if you have Kindle Unlimited and just 99c otherwise. Get it on Amazon: hyperurl.co/readshallows ) I'm WRITING A SEQUEL!! Add "Phantoms" to your reading list. Don't forget to request your FREE Shallows bookmarks and learn how you can get a free paperback copy! (hyperurl.co/freeshallows) (Cover made by Perry Elisabeth Design with images licensed from depositphotos.com)