About the Book Noble Prescott is drawn to the scene of a shipwreck by a sweet song sung in a language he didn’t understand. The songstress is barely alive, holding onto a piece of the ship’s railing. Her dress wraps around her legs like a mermaid’s tail.
Thus begins this imaginative retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale.
Justine Battineaux, an Acadian forced from her homeland on Cape Breton Island by British decree, finds herself adrift in the Maine colony. She doesn’t know the language and is distrusted as a foreigner.
Noble lives up to his name, providing shelter for Justine—and protection, as distrust turns into danger. For himself, his family—and the woman he comes to love.
How will Justine and Noble overcome the evil woman’s schemes to find their own love everlasting?
My Thoughts "Mermaid's Song" is a retelling of Hans Christian Anderson's "The Little Mermaid" set during the French and Indian War. I found the way that Darlene Franklin tied the story to the original story was interesting with Justine not being mute, but unable to communicate due to speaking a different language. I found it a little redundant that it kept saying how Justine's dress made her seem like a mermaid. The one time would have been enough. I did like the characters and enjoyed reading the story. I had not known anything about the Acadians before, so it was interesting to learn a piece of history. The romance and story moved quickly, but that was to be expected since it isn't a long story.
About the Author Best-selling hybrid author Darlene Franklin's greatest claim to fame is that she writes full-time from a nursing home. She published her fiftieth book, Mermaid's Song, in July 2017, and has contributed to more than thirty nonfiction titles. Her column, “The View Through my Door,” appears monthly in two national venues and three regional. You can find Drlene online elsewhere at http://darlenefranklinwrites.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/Poet.Darlene.Franklin/"Mermaid's Song" is available in paperback:
- Series: Love Everlasting (Book 4)
- Paperback: 101 pages
- Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (July 6, 2017)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1548654620
- ISBN-13: 978-1548654627
- Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.3 x 8 inches
and in Kindle edition:
- File Size: 213 KB
- Print Length: 103 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1548654620
- Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
- Publisher: Forget Me Not Romances, a division of Winged Publications (June 29, 2017)
- Publication Date: June 29, 2017
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
- Language: English
- ASIN: B073JQR67L
I was gifted a copy of this book by the author. All thoughts and opinions are my own and given voluntarily. No compensation was received for my review.
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