lies beneath #1
anne greenwood brown
fantasy/ya/romance/thriller
delacorte press
published 2012
Calder White lives in the cold, clear waters of Lake Superior, the only brother in a family of murderous mermaids. To survive, Calder and his sisters prey on humans and absorb their positive energy. Usually, they select their victims at random, but this time around, the underwater clan chooses its target for a reason: revenge. They want to kill Jason Hancock, the man they blame for their mother's death.
It's going to take a concerted effort to lure the aquaphobic Hancock onto the water. Calder's job is to gain Hancock's trust by getting close to his family. Relying on his irresistible good looks and charm, Calder sets out to seduce Hancock's daughter Lily. Easy enough, but Calder screws everything up by falling in love--just as Lily starts to suspect there's more to the monster-in-the-lake legends than she ever imagined, and just as the mermaids threaten to take matters into their own hands, forcing Calder to choose between them and the girl he loves.
One thing's for sure: whatever Calder decides, the outcome won't be pretty.
It's going to take a concerted effort to lure the aquaphobic Hancock onto the water. Calder's job is to gain Hancock's trust by getting close to his family. Relying on his irresistible good looks and charm, Calder sets out to seduce Hancock's daughter Lily. Easy enough, but Calder screws everything up by falling in love--just as Lily starts to suspect there's more to the monster-in-the-lake legends than she ever imagined, and just as the mermaids threaten to take matters into their own hands, forcing Calder to choose between them and the girl he loves.
One thing's for sure: whatever Calder decides, the outcome won't be pretty.
This was much better than I expected!
Kind of Twilighty with the whole dangerous guy, girl falls for him anyway, but other than that it was unique and fun.
Mermaids and mermen, or rather, merman. Lots of betrayal and mystery surrounding Calder and his sisters. At first I was a little bummed to find out this was the first in a series, but after reading it I felt like we just scratched the surface and I'm interested to see where Brown goes with this.
But if you didn't want to start another series you could just read this one and be pretty satisfied. I think it ends well, leaving it up in the air a little, but at the same time there's closure there too. Like I said, I'm interested to see where she goes with this so I'm in for the next one whenever I can get my hands on it!
Kind of Twilighty with the whole dangerous guy, girl falls for him anyway, but other than that it was unique and fun.
Mermaids and mermen, or rather, merman. Lots of betrayal and mystery surrounding Calder and his sisters. At first I was a little bummed to find out this was the first in a series, but after reading it I felt like we just scratched the surface and I'm interested to see where Brown goes with this.
But if you didn't want to start another series you could just read this one and be pretty satisfied. I think it ends well, leaving it up in the air a little, but at the same time there's closure there too. Like I said, I'm interested to see where she goes with this so I'm in for the next one whenever I can get my hands on it!
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