Title: At The Heart of the Deep
Series: A Falling in Deep Collection Novella
Author: Carrie L. Wells
Genres: New Adult, Paranormal, Romance
Publication date: June 23rd 2015
BLURB supplied by Xpresso Book Tours
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.
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?
PURCHASE LINKS
So after reading the blurb I am adding this one to my Want To Read Wishlist!
EXCERPT
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.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Carrie L. Wells crosses genres, writing everything from newspaper editorials and textbooks to paranormal romance novellas. Her first fiction publication, The Heart of the Deep, will release in June 2015, followed by Playing with Magic in October 2015. A New England native, she spent her childhood on the beach and inland, fishing and dancing, before moving to Florida. And while she doesn’t tan, nothing keeps her from a walk on the beach.
Carrie earned her Master's degree in English with a minor in Psychology from Hardin-Simmons University and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Central Florida. With a love of chocolate, books, and her family, Carrie braves the world and chaos only children can bring. She currently lives in Florida with her fire-medic hubby and three children. She is an English instructor at Eastern Florida State College.
Carrie earned her Master's degree in English with a minor in Psychology from Hardin-Simmons University and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Central Florida. With a love of chocolate, books, and her family, Carrie braves the world and chaos only children can bring. She currently lives in Florida with her fire-medic hubby and three children. She is an English instructor at Eastern Florida State College.
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Q&A
with
Carrie L. Wells
by
Xpresso Book Tours
What is your favorite mermaid story or myth?
Growing up in New England, it seems all stories were about
the ocean. I know it is cliché, but I remember sitting on my grandmother’s
porch, looking at the water, and wondering if Marina, the “real” little mermaid
was actually out there. I guess she started it all for me.
What was the inspiration for your mermaid novella?
I spend a lot of time down in Vero Beach, FL where my sister
lives, and since it is on the Treasure Coast there are plenty of stories about
buried and found treasure. I wanted to mix pirates with mermaids, and while I
didn’t quite do that here, this leads into the next book in my series, The Mark of the Mermaid, which does just
that.
Cast your characters. If your novella was made into a movie,
who would play your main characters?
Anya would be a Drew Barrymore type, independent and a bit
silly. I could see her tripping in front of Luke and just laughing it off.
Luke, well, I wrote him with the surfer version of Matthew McConaughey in mind.
Focused and fun, at home in the water, and cut!
What was most challenging thing writing about mermaids?
The challenge was determining how much time to put them on
land. It isn’t easy to offer mermaid human interaction in the middle of the
ocean, so you need a plausible world where they walk on land.
Ursula or Ariel?
Ariel’s curiosity, but not her “sell my soul” naiveté.
What else should we know about your novella?
It’s my first! I have plenty more in the works, but I’m busy
reveling in this one right now.
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