Blurb- Before disappearing at sea, Marissa Pruitt’s father—a once revered marine archaeologist—walked the line of insanity, claiming to have seen a mermaid during an ordinary dive in the Gulf of Mexico. He abandoned his life and career, completely obsessed with chasing the truth.
It’s been years since his death, and Marissa is still tormented by countless unanswered questions. When she finds dive coordinates and a stone pendant hidden in her father’s things, she asks for help from his old protégé and sets out to give her father one last goodbye and maybe find closure for her troubled heart. Instead, she finds the truth he’d been searching for all along, with a life and love she never could have imagined. But there’s a price to see it all, one set by betrayal and paid with an anchor at her feet and salt water in her lungs.
It’s been years since his death, and Marissa is still tormented by countless unanswered questions. When she finds dive coordinates and a stone pendant hidden in her father’s things, she asks for help from his old protégé and sets out to give her father one last goodbye and maybe find closure for her troubled heart. Instead, she finds the truth he’d been searching for all along, with a life and love she never could have imagined. But there’s a price to see it all, one set by betrayal and paid with an anchor at her feet and salt water in her lungs.
About the Author-J.M. Miller currently consumes her coffee in Florida.
When she isn't distracted by social media sites, she writes Young Adult and New Adult romance novels that vary in genre from contemporary to paranormal, with a little mystery or suspense thrown in for fun. Aside from spending time with her family, she loves to travel and will jump at the chance to go anywhere, whenever life allows.
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Excerpt-
Marissa inhaled her first breath from the
bailout bottle, hard and deep, and held it as she jerked at the chains for
escape. Holding a breath while diving was not the best idea. It led to more
recovery breaths, wasting more air. But, with a limited capacity bottle, she
had to take the risk. She needed more time.
A
lock fastened the chain tight around her ankles. She hooked her fingers into
the links and yanked, but there was no way to slip the chain off. Still falling
deeper, dread and panic twisted her insides and knocked her heartbeat loudly
inside her ears. Fear overrode every bit of calm, crushing it like a tin can.
Another breath.
The
anchor hit bottom. Her bare feet followed a moment later, colliding with its
metal and the sand below, kicking up a cloud of sediment. She didn’t
bother to look around. Her focus was only on the chain, but that didn’t keep
her brain from wondering what was around her. The light from the surface was
weak, dispersing through the water with only a faint glow. It was some
reassurance that there were fewer predators around to smell the blood from the
cut on her head. That light and reassurance would be gone soon enough, though.
She wouldn’t last to see it go completely dark. She’d either be topside or
dead.
Exhale.
Inhale.
Pull.
Her
heartbeat pounded on, a clock counting down to her fate. It screamed for her
the words she couldn’t speak. It screamed for the air she
couldn’t freely take.
Interview with Jen!
1. What is your favorite mermaid story or myth?
I'm a Disney kid at
heart, so I will have to say The Little Mermaid. I actually saw it in the theater
when it was released. *cough* Don't guess my age. *cough* I also have a
Sebastian figurine that chills on a bookshelf in my office.
2. What was the inspiration for your mermaid novella?
Some interesting pins on
Pinterest caught my eye. I knew I'd stay more contemporary, but I also wanted
to take a different approach and put my own spin on merlife. Things kind of
moved along from there.
3.
Cast your characters. If
your novella was made into a movie, who would play your main characters?
Marissa Pruitt – Ashley
Greene
Dylan Mitchell – Taylor
Kitsch
Darci Barington– Milla
Jovovich
Nick Pruitt – Gerard
Butler
4.
What was most challenging
thing writing about mermaids?
Research. It's always
challenging and time consuming.
5.
Ursula or Ariel?
Ariel. I usually route
for the underdog.
6.
What else should we know
about your novella?
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