Heart of Atlantis

By Deidre Meyrick

Marin is a cursed merman. He once walked the streets of Atlantis where he found his true love, he now swims—alone. He is offered a way out of his curse and into the heart of another. But will he be able to love another as he did his true love?

Marley's a loner. He's a treasure hunter who fantasized about mermen. He'd always felt a little out of place, always searching for something, and wanting nothing more than to belong to someone completely.

Between them are several lifetimes and a wicked sorceress bent on possession. Is a soul deep connection enough to bring them together to break a curse that was never meant to be broken?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Evernight Publishing
• Release date: Jan 31, 2015
• ISBN: 9781772332278

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Copyright© 2015 Deidre Meyrick

ISBN: 978-1-77233-227-8

Cover Artist: Jay Aheer

Editor: JS Cook

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WARNING: The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. No part of this book may be used or reproduced electronically or in print without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in reviews.

This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, and places are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

DEDICATION

For those who dare to believe in more, this is for you. And Nik…without you opening this particular door, Marin and Marley wouldn’t be where they are today. Thank you.

HEART OF ATLANTIS

Purgatory, Inc.

Deidre Meyrick

Copyright © 2015

Chapter One

Get off my case, Clay! Marley shrugged out of his tank and hoisted it onto the swim deck of the boat anchored in the Mediterranean off the coast of Alexandria. I'm not making this shit up! No sooner had he gotten his gear topside than he climbed aboard as well, leaving Clay to float in the water with a sardonic grin on his face.

EEEEK! AHHHH! Clay laughed again, flailing and splashing water as he made his way to the platform. Christ man, you squeal like a girl. He watched the ease with which Marley straddled the smooth railing, how his muscles moved as he hoisted the tanks from the narrow swim deck into the boat, and let his libidinous desire take over this conversation. Yeah, there's something down there brushing against you alright. Clay stood on the platform, water flowing down his lean frame. He hooked his thumbs in the waist of his dive shorts. "Want me to show you what wanted to brush against you?" He teasingly pulled his shorts down and off, pumped his hips, wiggled his eyebrows, then grabbed Marley, pulling them both back into the warm water.

Marley knew what was coming. Clay's sense of humor and foreplay were unmatched by any of Marley's previous partners. Clay could piss him off in one second and turn him on the next.

Marley came up sputtering, prying himself from Clay's grasp, and swam back to the boat more frustrated than before, but also more clear. There had been something in the water, amongst the ruins of old Alexandria. It was the same presence he'd felt the day before. A warming chill shuddered through him, and there was a tightening in his groin as if that slight brush against his back was happening right then. He pulled himself onto the boat and shook out his dreads while moving away from the stern, wanting to escape Clay's incessant yapping. He had no such luck as Clay's voice carried, bringing Marley's thoughts back into the boat with him and out of the ruins.

What's ah mattah Mar-wey? Afwaid of the water now? Clay ducked back under the water to get his long,