Lainey Jane - but please, call her LJ - needs out: out of her dead-end job, her soul-sucking family, and the Louisiana bayous in general. So when a chance comes up to join a cruise-ship liner as a permanent staff member playing a mermaid for excited children, LJ jumps at it. The fact that it comes with a move to Sydney, Australia? Absolute bonus.

But when her bunkmate bestie books her for a mermaid job on land, the life she thought she left behind shows up to haunt her, first in the form of wickedly hot and very off-limits Marcus "Mako" Dupre - and then other, more sinister forms.

LJ thought the mermaid-on-land job was just a favour for a friend that came with a good paycheck. It turns out, favours have strings attached, and these ones might be strong enough to tangle LJ back in a past she'd do anything to forget, and whose resurrection could land her in prison...

If only someone was around to help.

Don't miss this instalment in the All I Want For Christmas series of standalone paranormal romances, full of the wit, humour and determination to overcome the odds you've come to love and expect!