Hello, friends! I’m so excited to finally share the synopsis for Blue Deep (The Forest Tales Series, Book 3), coming late 2020 or early 2021. A lot of you have been wondering who the returning character is, so . . . let’s find out!
She’s cursed. He’s dead. How far will they go to change their fates?
Princess Marilee is cursed. A mermaid by day and a human by night, a fateful decision has left her trapped between two worlds.
Disgraced Prince Darius is dead. At least, that’s what he wants everyone to think when he’s thrown overboard from a prison ship.
When Marilee and Darius meet, they reluctantly make a deal—Darius will help Marilee return to her family in exchange for enough money so he can disappear forever.
A doomed girl and a condemned man. Can they find redemption, or will they be lost to an unforgiving sea?
ADD BLUE DEEP TO YOUR READING LIST
That’s right! Darius from Desperate Forest is getting his own book! What do you think? Love the idea? Hate it? Or somewhere in between?
Some of you might be wondering if I planned this from the start, and the answer is nope! In fact, when I wrote Desperate Forest, I almost killed Darius off in the end.
Once I decided to write a series, I got the idea to write a mermaid book. It seemed to fit with the fairy tale vibe of the world, and my 3-year-old daughter was obsessed with mermaids at the time. I admit, my initial thought was something like, “Hmm…I should write a mermaid book so Mia thinks I’m cool someday.”
As I brainstormed about that idea, I came back to the idea of using a character from the prison ship I mentioned at the end of Desperate Forest. It made sense because it was on the ocean. And then, I thought, what if I wrote about Darius?
No, I dismissed it. That wouldn’t work, I decided. He was a bad guy and people wouldn’t want to read about him. So I started brainstorming about the female lead and decided I’d probably just come up with a new character for the guy.
But as I got further into brainstorming, I realized the male lead I was envisioning was Darius. Like it or not, my brain had decided his story wasn’t over! So I threw the idea out to a few of my beta readers and they said go for it. And here we are.
So what do you think? Are you interested in reading more of Darius’s story? Do you think he can be redeemed? Let me know in the comments!
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And stay tuned for more updates on Blue Deep, including an official release date and sneak peeks.
