Submerge (Mer Chronicles #2)
by Tobie Easton
Publication Date: September 12,
2017
Publisher: Month9Books
Now that Lia and Clay’s love has
broken the Little Mermaid’s curse, everything has changed. Will
Lia’s family remain on land, leading the only life she and her
sisters have ever known, or will they move below the waves, to the
sparkling new capital city? Lia is adamant about staying on land with
Clay for her senior year. But at Melusine and her father’s trial,
new revelations threaten what Lia holds most dear.
The verdict will shake Lia’s whole
world, calling into question her future with Clay, her feelings for
Caspian, and the fate of all Merkind. As she wonders who to trust,
Lia sets out on a treacherous path that will lead her away from her
sheltered Malibu home to a remote and mysterious school for
Mermaids—Mermaids who may hold the secret to ancient magic Lia can
use to either get back all she’s lost or to embark on a thrilling
and dangerous journey.
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***EXCERPT***
“You
should get back,” he says, nodding up the winding path
toward
my house. I punch in the security code, and he pushes
open
the gate. It scrapes through the gravel until the opening is just
wide
enough for him to step through. But he doesn’t. He stands
there,
waiting under the white, bell-shaped blossoms of one of our
brugmansia
trees. I place my hand over his on the iron gate as I
step
in close. Clay brings his other hand up to my cheek, stroking it
with
fingers calloused from his guitar strings, drawing me closer still.
His
handsome features—so familiar and so astonishing—gleam in
the
moonlight, then grow so near they’re indiscernible. I let my eyes
flutter
shut. Let myself taste Clay’s lips against mine. Get lost in the
richness
of every touch, every press of his tongue and graze of his
cheek.
A
suspiciously familiar, syrupy voice lurking in some hidden
crevice
of my mind asks me if I really think I’m doing this right. If
maybe
he’s comparing me to her.
Surely she must have been a better
kisser.
But I push that voice back into its dark cave as I wrap my arm
around
Clay and he brings his hand back to cup my head, tangling
his
fingers in my hair as my chest presses against his.
Finally,
in a flurry of breathless, whispered goodbyes, our mouths
come
together and apart, together and apart, until he slowly pulls
himself
away and down the street. With one final flash of hazel and a
promise
to see me in the morning, he disappears around the corner.
Later,
after several hours of carefully smiling while catching up
with
my parents, I lie in my sea sponge bed in the hidden grottos
beneath
our house and try to sleep. As a layer of satiny salt water
covers
me like a blanket, I force myself to replay tonight’s kiss
instead
of
imagining what risks the next few days will bring.
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ABOUT
THE AUTHOR:
Tobie Easton was born and raised in Los
Angeles, California, where she’s grown from a little girl who
dreamed about magic to a twenty-something who writes about it. A
summa cum laude graduate of the University of Southern California,
Tobie hosts book clubs for tweens and teens. She and her very
kissable husband enjoy traveling the globe and fostering packs of
rescue puppies. Learn more about Tobie and her upcoming books
on www.TobieEaston.com.
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