Sea King's Daughters Books
Ianthe Liakos is a mermaid from a different dimension and between that and now working as a PI in the corrupt climate of Washington DC, she'd thought she'd seen it all. But when a terrified mother begs her to look into the health of her son, working as an intern in the District, she realizes that a mother's intuition is right. Evan Saymore is being hunted by a monster, and there isn't much time to save him. The waters turn even murkier when Clayton Abernathy, a mysterious supernatural being, crosses paths with her. Together they must hunt down Evan's hunter, while she tries to keep her own identity safe. If the paranormal citizens of Washington DC found out that a mermaid has returned her, and her sister's lives would be in danger. And when it becomes clear that the murderer and Ianthe's mermaid past are inexplicably intertwined, she realizes she may just be out of her depth dealing with this killer. ======================================= Six remarkable female writers, bring you a new shared universe urban fantasy series of novellas. Their Sea King’s Daughters will carry the reader into uncharted waters where monsters and dangers lie.
Loire Destan is being hunted. When a new land developer moves in next door to her spa in Rosarito, Mexico, she thinks she only has to worry about keeping the Nexus portal safe. Then, her artifacts around the spa start to go missing, the portal stops functioning, and she feels she’s being watched all the time. Resort developer Viktor Kieran is used to getting his way. But his new neighbor, Loire is having none of his charm or good looks, and he’s finding he’s constantly losing his grasp of reality when she’s around. He’s starting to see lights in the shadows of the waters he shouldn’t and wonder if the uneasy energy around Loire should better be left alone. He can’t keep his footing around her. When the accidents stop being accidents, Loire’s not sure who’s saving who and whether they’re both out of their depth. She’s got to protect the Nexus. But who’s going to protect her?
Amae Waters will never live up to her father's expectations--she's not a leader and she's not a solider. Rather than live with his disappointment, she's left his realm and built a life for herself in Seattle, a mermaid blending in with humankind. Her mission? To prepare the oceans for the return of her people. But she's not sure she's cut out to accomplish that either. A new predator has entered the waters of the Puget Sound, ravaging orcas and leaving their carcasses to wash ashore for humans to find. Whatever is killing them is beyond human understanding and Amae must find it before it irrevocably damages the complex balance of the ocean ecosystems. But greater danger lurks in the deep. Amae is done evading traps. She'll defend her territory and prove she needn't be a soldier to be a warrior or become the sacrifice used to end her people.
Marna Holm has never been in control. The seas of Salacia are poisoned, and her sisters haven’t yet found a way to open the portal to bring them all back to earth. After the death of Marna’s lover drives her to deadly recklessness, she casts aside her trident and lives in self-imposed exile on Earth. From a houseboat in Copenhagen, she gathers intelligence on local supernaturals for her father, to ensure the world is safe for the merfolk’s return. When those same supernaturals begin to go missing, an annoyingly persistent local requests her help. Marna suspects that the Deep Dwellers, the enemy that poisoned Salacia’s seas, are also intercepting her messages and agrees to investigate...and perhaps avenge her lover’s death. But there are more powerful forces at play than Marna imagines, and the mastermind behind the abductions is someone she never suspects. Stopping them will be a gamble, one where losing control might be the key to success...or might trap her people in poisoned seas forever.