Emerge (Mer Chronicles Book 1)

A hidden mermaid society. A forbidden human romance. A deadly curse rising from the sea.

Lia Nautilus is a mermaid, but she’s never lived in the ocean.

Instead, she navigates high school in Malibu while hiding a dangerous secret: she belongs to a hidden community of land-dwelling Mer forced ashore after a devastating curse stripped their people of immortality. Since the infamous Little Mermaid unleashed war across the seven seas, the ocean has never been safe. So, Lia has strict rules. Don’t reveal the truth, don’t trust humans, and definitely don’t fall for one.

But staying away from Clay Ericson is harder than surviving P.

E. class. Getting close to a human could expose her entire mermaid society. And Clay is already falling for the mysterious new girl at school.

A girl who isn’t what she seems.

When Lia discovers she isn’t the only one hiding a supernatural secret, she realizes Clay is in far more danger than he knows. To protect him, she’ll have to break every rule she’s ever followed even if it means risking her family, her people, and her heart.

Emerge is the first book in The Mer Chronicles, a sweeping YA mermaid fantasy series filled with forbidden love, ocean curses, and underwater secrets.