A Mermaid's Curse
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(Book #8 in the Underwater Murder Series)
Living with both anxiety and depression can make it next to impossible to get out of bed in the morning. Having unseen illnesses are struggles in and of themselves. Add them to your daily struggles, like work and taking care of yourself? It makes you feel like you're drowning. That is exactly how Isadora Singh feels on a daily basis. It has become her curse. Between the negative thoughts and feelings that plague her every day and her mom having just woken up from a coma, she's already stretched way too thin. When she gets an ominous letter from an old enemy, will she be able to protect her family and her people? Or will she crumble under the anxiety and depression that's slowly eating at her? Read to find out.
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