Mark is living a selkie's worst nightmare: the enchanted skin that lets him turn into a seal has been stolen by his wily human lover. Now he's trapped on land, slowly losing his mind as his chances to return to the sea slip away.
His only hope? A faery woman named Merenna.
But Merenna has her own problems. She's hiding in the mortal world to escape the most dangerous lord of Faerie—a man whose ambitions would make her his bride and his pawn. Now his minions have caught up to her, and Mark finds himself entangled in the deadly power games of faeries.
It will take every bit of skill, cunning, and luck Mark and Merenna possess just to stay ahead of their pursuers. The net of intrigue closes in around them as Midsummer approaches—a time when vast forces align, sinister plans come to fruition, and destiny itself can be rewritten.
CURATOR'S NOTE (The Realm of Faerie Bundle) «Entangled by Midsummer, by Jamie Ferguson (me!), combines elements from Celtic mythology with intrigue and danger. I love to put my characters in situations where they have to make hard choices, and when you throw in faeries, magic, and ambition, the consequence of failure becomes deadly.» – Jamie Ferguson
I love to get into the minds and hearts of my characters, whether I'm writing about a saloon girl in the old west, a man who discovers the barista he's in love with is a naiad, or a ghost who haunts the house she was killed in—even though that house no longer exists. I want them to agonize over their choices, and I want what they choose - or don't choose—to matter. I want the reader to feel joy when a character succeeds, and to cry when they don't—just like I do when I'm writing the story.
I live in Colorado, and spend my free time in a futile quest to wear out my two border collies since I haven’t given in and gotten them their own herd of sheep. Yet...
Mark was a bit hard to like or feel sympathetic for, but he is a selkie - quite unfettered by emotions for silly humans. Though that changed a bit when Katy showed her true colours - such an awful, awful person.
The plot was pretty predictable, but I'm glad Merenna has her happily ever after.