AustLit

'What happens when you combine a sexy Irish doctor, a midwife on a mission and a mysterious predator in Albany, Western Australia? You get Water and Fire: a small town medical romance with a paranormal twist.

'Working as a student midwife in an Australian country hospital is never easy, but Belinda finds more trouble than most.

'There's the intern doctor who follows her around like an overgrown puppy, the dangerous local wildlife and her own secrets she must keep.

'When she finds herself without a place to live, what else can possibly go wrong?

Or is it time for something to go right?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Mermaids don't fall in love with humans. For centuries it has been so...

'But Sirena is different. She lost her first love to sharks and a storm, cursing the islands that stole him from her.

'Times have changed and she must swim ashore once more, to the islands she once cursed. Gone are the boats powered by sail and steam - jet boats with GPS are now the order of the day.

'Enter Joe, the deckhand on the Dolphin. A handy man to have around when the lights go out. He'll fix your generator and have the lights back on in no time, no worries. But can he seduce a siren?

'Or will she swim away before he can uncover her secret?

'A book about lobsters, beer and boobs, on some cursed islands off the coast of Western Australia. At least, that's how Joe tells it.

'For Sirena, it's a very different story.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Could you kill the man you love to protect your people?

'Capsize his boat. Lure him into the water. Summon sharks...

'How long will Sirena let Joe live, now he knows her secret?

'Terrified of humans, Laila leaps at the chance to visit the Atlantic Ocean with her mother, Cantrella. When the welcome they receive is colder than the surrounding seas, Laila learns that her own kind can be far more frightening than any man.

'As secrets are revealed and sirens infiltrate the human population, will anyone be safe on land or sea?

'Trouble, take two. This is Demelza's second contemporary fantasy book in the Ocean's Gift series, with more mermaids and mayhem than ever.

'You'll never look at mermaids the same way again.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.