It’s the end of the seventeenth century. Alix is a middle-class French girl, due to marry a nobleman. Vivien is a rebellious ‘poor’ girl from Delaware. Both have been dealt a bad hand in life. When unexpected events steer them away from the destiny chosen from them, their paths cross when they are swept away to join the crew of a pirate ship named for its figurehead, a Mermaid preparing for war with a sword in one hand and a knife in the other.

Finding themselves in the middle of a quest for vengeance, can Alix and Vivien ever find peace?

Together they will discover adventure, love and pain. Together they will discover their inner strength. Together, they will become Mermaids.

A French native, Ann Parker has degrees in both journalism and history, and has previously published academically. She now works for charities in London. Passionate for history and literature, it was only a matter of time before she meddled with both. A Tale of Mermaids is her first published novel.