At the Heart of Darkness is one of fifteen Novellas in the Falling in Deep Collection! Read a short excerpt below and enter to win with not one, but two different giveaways!
Title: At the Heart of the DeepPublished On: June 23, 2015
Pages: 176
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SYNOPSIS
Oceanographer Luke McAllister races to figure out why the ocean depth is changing off Florida’s Treasure Coast. But before he and his crew discover what’s transforming the deep, he stumbles upon an even greater mystery. Leagues below the waves, he swear he sees…a mermaid?
Anya isn’t allowed to get close to humans. But when a golden-haired researcher gets too close to her island, she can’t afford to stay away.Together, this unlikely pair will seek to discover what’s causing shifts in ocean floor. While their new alliance is forbidden, Anya will risk everything to save her beloved ocean. The only problem is, she’s not sure what’s really luring her in, her love of the sea or the tempest Luke has stirred in her heart. Either way, Anya knows that the dangers facing the sea are nothing compared to what will happen to her when her father learns she’s broken the merfolks’ most sacred law.
Can Anya and Luke discover what lurks at the heart of the deep before it’s too late?
I caught sight of his cut, thought a moment, and swam away. He floated there, treading water and wondering what would happen next. At that point, his face conveyed the pain in his side. I watched an intense sting replace what I knew of the original burning sensation of a coral abrasion, and the open wound spilled into the ocean at a steady pace.
Conceivably, I had underestimated the severity of the cut. Maybe the coral cut deeper than I thought. The blood clouded the water surrounding him, and now the problem remained of how to take the injured man across the reef without doing further damage. We still needed to cross at least two miles and climb a rocky beach. Or did we?
Before he had time to contemplate any other option, I approached him from below. I swam up to him slowly, and he did nothing. He didn’t dive to meet me or attempt to swim away. He hung vertically in the water, waiting.
He must have felt me before he could clearly see me. The water shifted as I neared, my physicality changing the flow of the ocean around me. He knew I was there, but he didn’t dive below. Was he afraid? Too hurt to move? Instead, he stayed still, moving as little as possible, allowing my approach, and keeping the blood loss at a minimum.
I moved below him and then up, along his body, until my head emerged from the inky blue water and he stared into my eyes. He let out a fast gasp and quickly sank below the surface.
Just for readers of Fabulous and Fun we have our own little giveaway for one(1) ecopy of “At the Heart of the Deep” for one lucky winner! We’ll pick a winner July 29th, 2015!
What’s up for grabs in this blitz-wide giveaway? A signed copy of “At the Heart of the Deep”; Aqua striped storage tote; Mermaid Spoken Here picture; Lei Away Bath Soak; Aqua Sequin zip case; Cloth notebook; Mermaid’s Tale nail polish; Mermaid decal; Starfish barrettes; Mermaid Keychain; Palm tree socks! Wow quite the haul! (Not an intentional fishing joke)
