Katherine Eddinger Smits

Water Dreams Katherine Eddinger Smits

Water Dreams is an award-winning finalist in the Fiction/Romance category of the Best Book Awards.

She's human. He's Nerei. What happens when they fall in love against his species' laws?

In the small Florida town of Tarpon Springs, Nik Aronopulos avoids water like the plague. She never goes to the beach and shuns restaurants with views of the Gulf of Mexico. So, when a merman shows up at her doorstep, insisting they need to study her, she's stunned. There's nothing special about her...
...or so she thinks.

Bas is an arrogant, dark-haired merman tasked with obtaining Nik's cooperation at all costs, even if means being untruthful about the extent of the 'study' they need to conduct on her. But he's willing to do and say whatever he must. She's the Nerei's only hope at overcoming their greatest weakness. Although they can shapeshift to look like humans and have advantages over land dwellers, their dependence on water keeps them from freedom. There's just one problem - the girl he's meant to capture under false pretenses is hooking his heart.

When Bas is shot by a bullet meant for Nik, she must face her greatest fear to help him - the ocean. Her decision plunges her into a desperate journey where her desire for self-preservation, is weighed against her growing feelings for this merman who had once meant her harm...

...and what this might mean for all of them.