Born of Water: An Elemental Origins Novel by A.L. Knorr

Everything you thought you knew about mermaids is wrong.

Life for a small-town high school kid in Saltford should be simple and straightforward – for 17-year-old Targa MacAuley, it’s anything but. Navigating life with a supernatural mother (a mermaid) is tricky enough, but dealing with the feelings of guilt that she’s never been able to ‘change’, and confusion that she doesn’t seem to be attracted to boys (or girls for that matter), Targa feels like she’s got more demons than the average kid.

When the opportunity to salvage a mysterious wreck in the Baltic arises for her mom, a professional salvage diver by day, Targa jumps at the chance to go abroad for the summer. But it’s when she meets handsome Antoni Baranek, and a boating accident puts them both in danger, that Targa’s world turns completely inside out in more ways than one.

Category: Fantasy – Coming of Age

Welcome to the Secret World of Fire Magi – Where What Doesn’t Kill You (Literally) Makes You Stronger.

17-yr-old Saxony Cagney, just a normal North American girl, counts herself lucky when she wins a position as an au pair in Venice for the summer. It’s her responsibility to take care of two young boys – speak to them in English, make sure they get to their swimming lessons on time. But when she discovers that Isaia is dying from an unknown condition and his mom is trying to keep it a secret from his dad, things get a violent shove into complicated…and then contagious (she’ll never be the same again).

She finds herself in possession of an ancient power she can’t control. Just when she’s got more on her plate than she can handle