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Mermaid Wife
192 pages
A sun-drenched, gentle romance that feels like a modern fairy tale about healing a broken heart by the sea.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping into a warm, sun-drenched daydream where the ocean breeze carries the promise of a second chance. It is a gentle, steady-paced romance that wraps the reader in a comforting, escapist atmosphere, blending the everyday reality of a tropical vacation with the whimsical charm of a modern fairy tale. The narrative tone is deeply earnest and hopeful, focusing less on high-stakes drama and more on the quiet, tender process of a frozen heart thawing out. The prose is straightforward but vividly captures the sparkling blue waters and the immediate, magnetic pull between two people. It is the perfect comfort read for anyone who delights in sweet, low-angst love stories where grief is gently washed away by the tide.
- Mood
- sun-drenched
- breezy
- fairy-tale
- escapist
- Tone
- earnest
- romantic
- gentle
- hopeful
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- healing from grief · second chances at love · magic in the mundane · unexpected connections
- The writing
- The writing is straightforward and warmly descriptive, leaning into the sensory details of the tropical setting and the earnest emotions of the characters.
- The arc
- A gentle journey from the heavy numbness of lingering grief into the bright, sunlit warmth of a second chance at love.
- Who it's for
- Readers looking for a sweet, low-angst 90s contemporary romance with a touch of whimsical escapism and a comforting happily-ever-after.
Content notes
- grief
- loss of a spouse (past)
About the book
Have you ever seen a real, live mermaid?
Andrew Cordell has! For a few moments, anyway. It happened while he was diving in the Bahamas. And it changed his life.
Andrew, a powerful and charismatic state governor had been emotionally devastated by his wife's death four years earlier. Now, suddenly, his heart felt alive again-because of this mermaid.
In reality, she was a swimming instructor and aspiring marine biologist named Lindsay Marshall, who'd been hired to play a mermaid for a television commercial. And she did it well enough to convince at least on unsuspecting diver!
Andrew was completely enchanted when he saw her. Like a fairy-tale prince. Like a shipwrecked sailor lured into love....
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