Superfreak

by Melissa Crismon, Linda Carroll-Bradd (Editor)

Wounded by her parents’ divorce, and shunning romantic love, marine biologist Sarah Sumner is determined to fight for those who have no voice.

Aboard the anti-whaling vessel, the MerSea, she opposes the Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean with Gunner, a fellow deckhand. His compassion and gallows humor make a warm, lasting impression that could melt the ice in Antarctica.

At the end of the campaign in Australia, Sarah is stung by a mutant stingray and begins morphing into a mermaid. She heads home to California, returning to her job at the Mobi Institute with a secret, not to mention an identity crisis.

While mooring the tempest of her freakish body, she must choose either to advance her career or to continue her expeditions. She longs to save sharks from being finned, but if she returns to the MerSea she will be able to save lives and explore the waters with Gunner.

Hurt by her father abandoning her years ago, and apprehensive about Gunner’s fresh divorce, is a shipwreck waiting to happen. And how would they start a relationship with a tail?

98 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 25, 2016

About the author

Melissa Crismon is the author of the MerSea series about a conservationist mermaid. Painting in her mom’s studio, studying modern dance, and playing the pedal harp informed her childhood. A bachelor’s degree in visual and performing arts made sense. From angelic harpist to romance author, Melissa began writing as a theatre reviewer for local and online media.

Reviews

[ALuna]

Fun and fresh take on the mermaid tale/tail!