TT

I ran away from home because I thought I needed to escape my life. I never expected to wake up with a tail. Now I’m hiding a secret that could get me killed—and something out there knows exactly what I am. I can’t go home. Not after everything I’ve seen. Not when I know whatever is hunting me could follow me straight to my family. So I run. But the farther I go, the stranger things become. Some sinks aren’t safe. Some bathrooms aren’t safe. And whatever you do, don’t sleep in the wrong bed. Everyone thinks I’m losing my mind. Everyone except Josh. He’s a merman. He knows what I am. He knows what’s hunting me. And whenever I’m in danger, I somehow find myself calling his name. He always comes. I don’t understand why I feel so drawn to him. I don’t want to. I have a husband, a family, and a life I’m desperate to get back to. But Josh understands things no human ever could. The connection between us feels less like a choice and more like something I can’t explain—something written into the very nature of what we are. And the harder I try to distance myself from him, the stronger it becomes. Then my best friend sacrifices herself to protect my secret, the creatures hunting me start getting closer, and I discover the truth: I wasn’t turned into a mermaid by accident. I’m the reason the barrier between the human world and the sea is breaking. And the things coming through aren’t looking for just any mermaid. They’re looking for me. Because the ocean knows my name. And it’s coming to take me home.