Betina Krahn's Library

Novels
The Book of True Desires
The Book of the Seven Delights
Not Quite Married
The Marriage Test
The Wife Test
The Husband Test
Sweet Talking Man
The Soft Touch
The Mermaid
The Unlikely Angel
The Perfect Mistress
The Last Bachelor
The Princess & the Barbarian
The Enchantment
My Warrior's Heart
Behind Closed Doors
Caught in the Act
Luck Be a Lady
Midnight Magic
Just Say Yes
Passion's Treasure
Passion's Ransom
The Paradise Bargain
Love's Brazen Fire
Hidden Fires
Rebel Passion
Passion's Storm
Rapture's Ransom

Short Stories
Stardust
A Victorian Christmas
Avon Books Presents:
Haunting Love Stories
Avon Books Presents:
Christmas Romance

September 1997
Bantam Books

THE MERMAID

If Celeste Ashton hadn't needed money to save her grandmother's seaside estate, she would never have published her observations on ocean life and the dolphins she has befriended. So when her book bursts upon the London scene, making her an instant celebrity, she is unprepared for the attention...especially when it comes from handsome scientist Titus Thorne. While Titus suspects there is something fishy about her theories, Celeste is determined to be taken seriously. Soon their fiery clashes create sparks neither expects, not least when Celeste dares Titus to let her give him a personal tour of the world she knows so well. But when a shady entrepreneur takes too close an interest in Celeste's work--and Celeste--Titus must decide if he will risk his credibility, his career--and his heart--to side with the Lady Mermaid.