(A Falling in Deep Collection Novella)
Publication date: June 23rd 2015
Genres: New Adult, Paranormal, Romance
Publication date: June 23rd 2015
Genres: New Adult, Paranormal, Romance
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?
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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Ursula or Ariel?
Ariel’s
curiosity, but not her “sell my soul” naiveté.
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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.
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.
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