For centuries the shape-shifting mermen of the Morvann Islands have lived incognito among humans. But one of them, Yann, has developed some bad habits. Like rescuing humans, even when doing so risks revealing his true nature. When he fishes Alex out of the sea, he doesn’t expect her to reappear eight months later, and turn his life upside down by asking him to be her guide.
Alex is determined to fulfil a promise to her dying grandmother, by gathering pictures and stories of the Morvanns. But she soon discovers that, on these remote Welsh islands, legends have a habit of becoming true!
Over the course of a few days, Yann and Alex grow close. But some mermen hate humans. Their hostility, and Yann’s secret, threaten to tear the couple apart just as they are discovering that they are soul mates. Can Yann overcome the obstacles in his path and make the right choice?
5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional....
Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2019
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Yann is the future leader of his clan of mermen that inhabit the wild and untamed islands of the Moravanns. When he saves a young woman from drowning he thinks nothing more of it. Until she shows up on the island again months later. Now Yann has a very serious decision to make between the clan of his people and the woman he loves. What will win over the merman's choice?
This was such a cute story! As predictable as it may be, I found myself reading very intently wanting to find out what happens next. I absolutely love all the British idioms used. As an American, this gives a sort of exotic flavor to the book. The sex scenes were more than sizzling and I'd like to say that this is my very first time coming across a sex scene that involved a condom. It was very refreshing and added a touch of realism to what I was reading. Sweet and touching ending. This is definitely a book that is worthy of Black Velvet Seductions publishing!
Wonderful book! I highly recommend it!
Book Lady Teri Amazon
5.0 out of 5 stars a Forbidden Love Story
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2019
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I love the Trope of forbidden love and I also love merpeople oh, so this was a win-win book for me. I enjoyed every word of the book. Not only was it a win-win book for me but it was an excellently written book.
linda Amazon
5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2019
Format: Kindle Edition
REVIEWED BY: LINDA TONIS
MEMBER OF THE PARANORMAL ROMANCE REVIEW TEAM
Yann Benetynn is a merman who is always breaking clan rules. Yann refuses to allow a human to drown if he can save them and when he saves Alex Williams he has no idea how that simple act will change his life.
It has been eight months since Alex nearly drowned and eight months of nightmares.In spite of her fear of water she is returning to the Morvann Islands to fulfill her grandmother’s dream of writing a book about them. Alex is determined to overcome her fear and take photos for her grandmother’s book even though she is returning to where she nearly drowned.
It turns out that the boat she hired is captained by none other than Yann and he immediately recognizes her. He also agrees to be her guide another no no in the clan book of rules. It doesn’t take long before the attraction between them becomes too much to deal with and they both give into their feelings. Of course Yann who will one day be the head of the Benetynn clan knows that there is no future for them since marriage between mermen and humans is also forbidden.
This was not a long book and I don’t want to give too much away in this review but I will say that this is a beautiful forbidden love story and not lacking in some clan rivalry and danger. I can’t wait for the next book in this series.
Yann went to the dresser against the wall and picked up a bottle and two glasses. “Would you like a dram of whisky to warm you up?”
Alex slid back down the sofa. His ears registered the squeak of leg against leather, and his mind instantly pictured her sprawled on the cushions, her golden hair fanned behind her head, milky thighs open wide. He shook his head, trying to rid himself of the maddening image.
Her voice dropped into a seductive purr. “I’m quite warm already, thank you. But I can cope with more heat.”
He poured a glass of the golden liquid and brought it to her.
“Thank you.” She sipped it and made a grimace, which turned into a smile. “Even better than cider.”
Her mouth glowed against her milky skin like a forbidden fruit. He thought of the first summer berries, tart redcurrants, juicy raspberries. Would she taste like them?
They needed food. If he didn’t get lunch down her soon, she’d get drunk. The demon voice in his mind whispered that Alex would be great fun if she lost her inhibitions. He tried to shut the demon out. What could he prepare quickly?
He strode to the trap in the floor by the front door and lifted it. The smell and sound of seawater, sloshing in the dark, rose up.
Alex padded over to investigate. “Oh, wow. You have a whole aquarium down there!”
The corner of her blanket brushed his bare arm, sending another twig to feed the fire that smouldered in his loins. “That’s how Islanders keep their seafood fresh. Why don’t you go and sit at the table, and I’ll open a dozen oysters for you?”
She didn’t need to see the tunnel on the side of the “aquarium,” that led to the lower floor of the house, the level that flooded at high tide and opened onto the sea. The level where a more respectable merman would spend most of his time.
She moved away, to the centre of the room where the oak table stood. Not far enough. He’d become so attuned to her that every one of her movements seemed to ripple across the space and lap against his body. He grabbed a knife and bucket from the tool shelf, snapped the first oyster open and dropped it in the bucket. Now she was crossing her legs, damn her. Did she know that the woollen fabric was opening, uncovering the ivory skin of her inner thigh? Was she flirting with him, or was it his imagination?
“I love oysters.” Her voice wrapped itself around him like a silk scarf. “Pity we don’t have any champagne to go with them, but this whisky is just as good.”
Too late, he remembered that for mainlanders, oysters weren’t a cheap, quick meal. On the mainland, oysters were the food of seduction. An aphrodisiac. What if Alex was misreading his intentions?
Or rather, what if she were reading them all too well?
She patted the bench next to her. “Come and sit here. I can’t eat all these oysters on my own.”
Her grin gave the lie to her words. Her grin said, “I can gobble them all up, and you with it.”
