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Tempest Rising

Tracy Deebs · 344 pages

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Tangled Tides

Karen Amanda Hooper · 324 pages

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Sea Spell

Jennifer Donnelly · 396 pages

Serafina prepares Ling, Neela, Becca and the rest of the Black Fins for war, to stop the Volneros from seizing the mer realms. But only when sea sisters Ava and Astrid find the remaining two talismans will the combined power of all six be strong enough to stop the devastating attack on the underworld. No charm will protect Ava as she faces the murderous Okwa Naholo spirits that lie deep within the

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Lucy

Kathryn Lasky

When seventeen-year-old Lucy's father, a minister, gets a prestigious summer position in Bar Harbor, Maine, her mother determines to find a rich husband for her daughter but Lucy is fascinated by the sea and a handsome ship-builder.

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Of Poseidon

Anna Banks · 331 pages

Galen, prince of the Syrena, is sent to land to find a girl he's heard can communicate with fish. He finds Emma and after several encounters, including a deadly one with a shark, Galen becomes convinced Emma holds the key to his kingdom. Galen, the prince of Syrena, is sent to land to find a girl who communicates with fish. He finds Emma and after several encounters, including a deadly one wit

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The Siren

Kiera Cass · 331 pages

"You must never do anything that might expose our secret. This means that, in general, you cannot form close bonds with humans. You can speak to us, and you can always commune with the Ocean, but you are deadly to humans. You are, essentially, a weapon. A very beautiful weapon. I won't lie to you, it can be a lonely existence, but once you are done, you get to live. All you have to give, for now,

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Skin of the Sea

Natasha Bowen · 336 pages

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Daughter of the Siren Queen

Tricia Levenseller · 364 pages

Alosa's mission is finally complete. Not only has she recovered all three pieces of the map to a legendary hidden treasure, but the pirates who originally took her captive are now prisoners on her ship. Still unfairly attractive and unexpectedly loyal, first mate Riden is a constant distraction, but now he's under her orders.

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Captivate

Vanessa Garden · 278 pages

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Waterfell

Amalie Howard · 364 pages

Disguised as a human teen while waiting for the day she can claim her birthright as heir to her murdered father's undersea kingdom, Nerissa Marin is challenged to a battle to the death by her family's betrayer when she comes of age.

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Tidal

Amanda Hocking · 347 pages

With Penn and Lexi determined to kill Gemma and replace her with another siren, Gemma, aided by Harper and Daniel, must delve into her enemies' mythical past and darkest secrets in a last-ditch effort to protect all that she holds dear. With Penn and Lexi determined to kill her, Gemma must delve into her enemies' mythical past and darkest secrets in a last-ditch effort to protect all that she h

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Waking Storms

Sarah Porter

As a mermaid versus human war looms on the horizon, Luce falls in love with her sworn enemy Dorian and assumes her rightful role as queen of the mermaids.

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Flukes

Nichole Chase · 268 pages

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Ice Massacre

Tiana Warner · 375 pages

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Fathomless

Jackson Pearce

Celia, who shares mental powers with her triplet sisters, finds competition for a handsome boy with Lo, a sea monster who must persuade a mortal to love her and steal his soul to earn back her humanity.

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Monstrous Beauty

Elizabeth Fama

In alternating chapters, tells of the mermaid Syrenka's love for Ezra in 1872 that leads to a series of horrific murders, and present-day Hester's encounter with Ezra's ghost that reveals her connection to the murders and to Syrenka.

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The Mermaid's Mirror

L.K. Madigan · 320 pages

Lena has lived her whole life near the beach, walking the shore, breathing the salty air, swimming in the cold water, and watching the surfers rule the waves. As her sixteenth birthday approaches, Lena vows to learn to surf. Her father forbids it. But something Lena can’t identify at first—an ancient, powerful magic—keeps drawing her to the water. One day, she finally catches sight of it: a beauti

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To Kill a Kingdom

Alexandra Christo · 344 pages

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Forgive My Fins

Tera Lynn Childs · 333 pages

Lily Sanderson has a secret, and it's not that she has a huge crush on gorgeous swimming god Brody Bennett, who makes her heart beat flipper-fast. Unrequited love is hard enough when you're a normal teenage girl, but when you're half human, half mermaid, like Lily, there's no such thing as a simple crush.Lily's mermaid identity is a secret that can't get out, since she's not just any mermaid—she's

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Emerge

Tobie Easton · 312 pages

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Fish Girl

Donna Jo Napoli · 187 pages

"Fish Girl, a young mermaid living in a boardwalk aquarium, has never interacted with anyone beyond the walls of her tank until a chance encounter with an ordinary girl, Livia. Their growing friendship inspires Fish Girl's longing for freedom, independence, and a life beyond the aquarium tank"--

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Lorali

Laura Dockrill · 340 pages

Looking after a naked girl he found washed up under Hastings pier isn't exactly how Rory had imagined spending his sixteenth birthday. But more surprising than finding her in the first place is discovering where she has come from. Lorali has rejected life as a mermaid, and become human. But along with Lorali's arrival, and the freak weather suddenly battering the coast, more strange visitors begin

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