Liam’s life could be better. He’s recovering from a divorce and a bitter custody battle, which he loses. He dearly loves his six-year-old son, Lucas, but seeing him every second weekend is never enough. His one salvation is the sea. When he’s sitting on the sand, watching the waves rolling in, he feels at peace, calmed and restored.<br><br>One day, the waves are particularly high, and the sea particularly rough. He’s surprised to see someone swimming in such choppy seas. When Liam calls out to the man, asking if he needs help, the man simply waves back. Liam thinks he must be an idiot. Little does he know the person he sees is no man, which he discovers two days later.<br><br>When they meet, Liam is both horrified and fascinated. His curiosity produces a strange attraction that changes their lives irreversibly forever.

The Sound of the Sea

Lucas was going through the suitcase of toys at the foot of the bed. “No.”


“Good. How about we make some mini-pizzas?”


Lucas leapt up from the floor. “With pineapple?”


Liam laughed and ruffled Lucas’s hair as he ran past. “It wouldn’t be a pizza without pineapple.” 12


Within days, Liam realised he’d made the right choice. His son was precious, more precious than gold or diamonds. He was a little human being with a unique personality, one who provided infinite opportunities for happiness, thus enriching Liam’s life as much, if not more, than he enriched his son’s.


Winter came, though as always in Western Australia, it was mild. The days were warm and the nights chilly. And after tucking Lucas up for the night, Liam would go to bed, snuggling under his quilt, and wonder what Ezra was doing. What was he thinking? How was he feeling? And desperate to feel his merman sweetheart against his naked flesh.


Chapter 26