I’m terrified of the ocean. Which is ironic, given that I own a marina.
But when it’s a choice between a bullet and the water, even a girl with a capital-I Incident in her past has to make a call. Especially when the naked, tailless merman who just saved her life is apparently real — and now she’s been turned into a Mer against every rule in the royal handbook.
Reel Tritone, spare heir to the Mer throne and professional rule-breaker, was just supposed to rescue her. Not upend both their worlds. But there’s a stolen treasure, a vengeful ex sea-goddess, and a death edict with their names on it.
He can breathe underwater. She can barely look at it.
Fish food or fish man — either way, she’s in over her head.
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“Holy mackerel! In Over Her Head is a fantastically fun romantic catchJudi Fennell has one heck of an imagination!” —Michelle Rowen, author of Bitten & Smitten
“A fantastic debut novel, Judi Fennell has put the ‘beach’ back in beach read!” —Virginia Farmer, award-winning author of A Blast to the Past
I’m a Mer prince with a prophecy problem.
The Council says I have to marry a lost Mer princess. Fine. Except she’s landlocked in the middle of America, convinced she’s allergic to seawater, and has zero idea she’s royalty.
Valerie Dumere has tried everything — construction worker, gift shop owner, professional life-figurer-outer. None of it fits. Rod Tritone showing up and telling her she has fins somewhere in her future? Probably not the answer she was looking for.
But the kingdom won’t wait, a seagull named Livingston has opinions about the timeline, and Rod has exactly one cross-country road trip to convince his ocean-phobic mermaid princess that everything she’s been looking for is waiting in the wild blue under.
She thinks she’s allergic to seawater. He needs her to be his queen. No pressure.
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Praise for Wild Blue Under:
“Fennell…is proving herself to be a solid storyteller.”—Romantic Times
“A funny and compelling read. It’s hilarious, and the story pulls on the heartstrings.”—Night Owl Romance
“Fennell takes your typical buoy meets gull love story and takes it for a spin before she finally reels it all in…It’s a fantastic combination of romance, adventure, and verbal hilarity.”—Romance Reader at Heart
I just need to keep one secret. One. That’s it.
But it’s kind of a big one.
Or, rather, they’re kind of big. Keeping my fins hidden has never been harder when I’m stranded in a world I’ve always wanted to explore — but one very suspicious boat owner and his six-year-old son (who has already decided I’m staying) are making that complicated.
Logan Harding has finally found his son and wants exactly one thing for both of them: normal. Boring, stable, landlocked normal. The woman who turns up on his boat is the opposite of that in every possible way — except somehow she’s exactly what his kid needs.
She’s falling for a world she was never supposed to join. He’s finally building the life he always wanted — and she’s the one thing that could sink it.
Will he throw her back — or has he made the catch of a lifetime?
I want to make a splash. Literally.
I’m done playing nice ever since a famous Mer art critic publicly destroyed my reputation. I’m going to sculpt something so iconic, so undeniable, that no one will ever call me a Mer royal with a cute little hobby again. I just need access to one very specific island.
The island belongs to Jace Pacifica. The most reclusive Mer alive — and for good reason. He faked his death to avoid actually dying, and has been hiding on this deserted Pacific island ever since. The last thing he needs is a Tritone princess showing up and figuring out exactly who he is.
She needs this island to save her career. He needs her gone to save his life. Neither of them planned on the other being impossible to swim away from.
Romance is rough enough — but when there’s a tsunami in the forecast, love is on the rocks.
BONUS READ:
A Royally Sunk Novella
Three Mers, three Humans and an ocean full of trouble!
You met them first in their romance stories: Erica & Reel, Valerie & Rod, and Angel & Logan. Three Humans and three Mers who found each other and happily ever after across the wide open ocean. But what about what came before? How they got to where they were going?
Here are three short stories about things you’ve heard them talk about.
In Over Her Head
What exactly happened during The Incident when Reel and Erica were younger? How did they first meet on the beach all those many years ago, the meeting that scared Erica from ever wanting to go back in the ocean and the one that made her unforgettable in Reel’s eyes?
Wild Blue Under
How did The Oceanic Council confirm that Valerie really was the lost Mer princess and how did Rod take the news that he had to bring her back?
Catch of a Lifetime
And then there’s little Michael Hardington who only wanted a mermaid for his birthday, but dad Logan said there were no such things. Well, you can’t prove it by Michael when he hooks Angel on his line and brings her on board.
Enjoy a magical, mermaid-ical bon voyage as you revisit our friends under the sea!