Yo Ho Ho and Buttered Rum Shortbread #SnipSun #snippetsunday @KMNBooks

Something new I'm working on. It's a second mer-tale with Sirena and Jack from Mermaid Cove and Seaside Sundaes. (Work in Progress)

Title might be: Yo Ho Ho and Buttered Rum Shortbread

Snippet:

Jack O'Casey would be arriving soon for their morning dive, a ritual they entertained daily. During the summer months, they took to the sea at the entrance of smuggler's cave, located beneath her store where rum smugglers of old docked to unload their goods. During the winter months, they opted for taking Jack's boat. Being a half-mermaid, the bloodline being from the Merrow clan of Ireland, the ocean's temperament didn't hamper her in the least, but it could prove treacherous for Jack, who was human, and the cave's entrance proved tricky when there were calm waters, but perilous when stormy.

Sirena donned the black bikini, then slipped on her blue jeans and long-sleeved shirt with yellow and white flowers. Next, she gathered her long curls to the nape of her neck and grabbed the ponytail holder on the dresser wrapping the strands within its folds. Once done, she glanced in the mirror with a nod of approval then jogged downstairs from her two-bedroom flat to her store below. She glanced at the clock on the wall behind the counter. "5:20," she murmured. Plenty of time for her morning activities planned: Diving and then baking shortbread at Jack's restaurant before heading back to open Smuggler's Den at ten.

About the book:

Yo Ho Ho and Buttered Rum Shortbread, a delectable holiday short story, where the recipe for mayhem will stir up all kinds of trouble for Jack and Sirena in Grimm Nitch.

When Sirena's mother returns home after abandoning her family fifteen years ago, question arise but not so much as to why there's a merman expecting Sirena to leave her home and live with him beneath the sea.

Meeting another Merrow is a surreal but swimming away to live happily ever after in an ocean world is not as sweetly tempting as Sirena thought. Where the mer-prince goes, Jack cannot follow. Giving up what she and Jack have is like giving up sweets—forever.

At the New Year's Eve bash, the prince will reveal what he's cooked up, but he's about to underestimate Jack, who has no trouble preparing a plan of his own.

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