A mother's legacy, a daughter's destiny

I am a creature of the deep, a mermaid, trapped on land because my daughter has yet to have her salt-birth and claim her siren heritage. The only mermaid to have known all five stages of grief. I am a single mother, without a job, who needs to support my human child. And ignore the ever-increasing call of the ocean's Salt.

Surfacing tells the story of the final phase of Mira's return to Saltford, as she strives to navigate human society, and finds a career for which she is uniquely qualified. But, not only is she a woman in a man's world, she is a siren who creates reactions in human males just by being who—what—she is. Can she overcome prejudice, other supernaturals, and the Salt to finance her daughter's upbringing?

This is a novel length contemporary fantasy, and the third and final book in the Mermaid's Return trilogy. Returning is followed by Falling, and Surfacing. The Mermaid's Return trilogy is a prequel to the full-length YA mermaid fantasy Born of Water, and the expansive Siren's Curse Trilogy, by Readers' Favorite award-winner, A.L. Knorr.