Stranded - Lauren Smith

Mermaids aren't real...because if they are...they killed his parents.

At least that's what Hudson Clark believes until an injured mermaid washes up on his yacht during a storm. The moment he uncovers a half-naked woman in a bed of seaweed and sees her eerie not quite human aquamarine eyes gazing up at him in pain, he's drowning in her gaze. Learning the truth that mermaids are real...he knows he should hate this beautiful creature, should fear her, but all he wants to do is kiss her...and a whole lot more.

Talia wasn't born a mermaid. Two years ago she'd been a human woman who'd fallen from her boat during a party and hit her head. But after agreeing to a bargain with the sea, she's been cursed...with fins. The only light that pierces the dark depths of her watery world is the glimpses she steals on the surface of Hudson. Tall, dark and handsome, he fits every forbidden fantasy she has, because he's human and she isn't. After she seeks refuge on his yacht to escape sharks during a storm, she can't resist staying away from him, can't resist kissing him. What's a mermaid to do when a human lures her out of the water and onto land?