The Merman Who Craved Me

Phoebe Addison has dedicated her life to proving the existence of sirens. She gets the opportunity of a lifetime when she's invited to participate in a research expedition to the South Pacific, but one stormy night, everything goes wrong, and her world changes forever. She finds what - no who - she's been searching for, but little does she know, he's been looking for her, too. Wake is nothing like she expected and everything she's been dreaming of. He's beautiful and dangerous, a predator from the deep… and he calls her his Mate. Trapped and subjugated by the secretive Enigma Labs, Phoebe will need to learn to give herself over to Wake, to the power of the sea, if they're going to make it out alive. But, if the do…will she be strong enough to survive her mate? ***** He repeats the first few strands of his song. The transponder’s response almost feels accusatory: Mate. “Mate?” The word sends a jolt through me, and I feel my cheeks flush. “Is…is that what you think I am?” Wake’s abyssian eyes search mine, and there’s a flicker of recognition that turns to hunger. He raises a webbed hand, and I tentatively reach out to meet him. Our fingers touch, and I feel a strange, electric connection. It’s as if a current passes between us, a silent understanding that transcends words. “Pho-ebe,” he growls. I nod, fear and something more dangerous, something…hotter, making my throat dry. “Yes, Wake. Show me.”