Returning

Mira is a mermaid on a mission.

It's time to leave the ocean. Mira Belshaw has been at sea for… well, she doesn't know how many years. It's hard to keep track of time when you live in the ocean. But after enough time, the salt water triggers the desire to procreate, and her time is up.

For weeks, she's been swimming north. Finding a mate is the most important thing to her right now, and to do that, she has to return to the place where she was last human - the coastal city of Saltford.

Equipped with everything she needs to lure her perfect mate and produce a strong siren child, all she needs is the opportunity to mingle with humans. But when she meets Nathan MacAuley, the ONE, things start to go sideways…

Episode II: Revealing herself means losing her true love, so how far will she go to protect her identity?

Things are progressing with Mira and Nathan's relationship, although not nearly as quickly as Mira would like. If it were up to her, they'd be well on their way to making a family by now. But Nathan's traditional ways means Mira has to hold herself back. Not an easy ask for a siren.

Just as Mira's life seems to be heading in the right direction, her estranged father makes an unexpected appearance. When past events that should have been erased from his memory begin to surface, everything Mira believed about the powers of a siren's voice is thrown into doubt. How will she cope when a member of her own family becomes the enemy?

Don't miss the exciting second installation of Mira's story!

TheReturningduology is a companion novel to The Elemental Origins Series, a teen fantasy adventure by a USA Today Bestselling author.