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THE MERMAID COLLECTOR
By: Erika Marks
NAL Trade
October 2012
On Sale: October 2, 2012
432 pages
ISBN: 0451237927
EAN: 9780451237927
Kindle: B0083P1RVU
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More than a century ago, lighthouse keeper Linus Harris left his beloved wife and waded into the ocean with three other men to reunite with their mermaid lovers. The mysterious Mermaid Mutiny of 1888 has become legend for the residents of Cradle Harbor, Maine, honored by the townΓ―ΒΏΒ½s Mermaid Festival every August, when wind chimes are hung from seaside porches to drown out the alluring sound of mermaid song. For thirty-five-year-old Tess Patterson, the legend is more than folklore; itΓ―ΒΏΒ½s proof of lifeΓ―ΒΏΒ½s magic. A hopeless romantic who is profoundly connected to the ocean in which she lost her mother, Tess ekes out a living as a wood-carver and longs to find a love as mystical as the sea. But when sheΓ―ΒΏΒ½s hired to carve the commemorative mermaid sculpture for the coming festival, a chance to win the townΓ―ΒΏΒ½s elusive acceptance might finally be in her grasp. For Tom Grace, lifeΓ―ΒΏΒ½s magic was lost at eighteen, when the death of his parents left him to care for his reckless brother, Dean. Now thirty-five and the new owner of Cradle HarborΓ―ΒΏΒ½s prized lightkeeperΓ―ΒΏΒ½s house, Tom hopes the quiet town will calm DeanΓ―ΒΏΒ½s self-destructive ways. But when Tom discovers Tess working on her sculpture, an unlikely and passionate affair ignites between them that just might be the stuff of legend itselfΓ―ΒΏΒ½even as it brings to the surface a long-buried secret that could tear everything apart.
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