Songs and Fins
B. Kristin McMichael
(The Merworld Trilogy, #2)
Published by: Lexia Press
Publication date: March 14th 2017
Genres: Paranormal, Young Adult
Whitney was amazed she finally had a boyfriend, and was prepared for a new life with him in the siren night human world. And the fact he was a lead singer in a rock band in his free time wasn’t bad, either. Too bad having a boyfriend didn’t mean she was going to see him, as his father’s punishment included separating them. Whitney is certain she can handle it, but sure enough, that isn’t the only wrench thrown into her new life. There’s a new threat in town, a scarier one than the backstabbing siren clan she’s part of now. They are night human hunters, and Whitney is an outlawed night human breed. Could her luck get any better? Quiet and peaceful would be ideal, but that’s not what she’s about to get.
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EXCERPT:
Whitney meeting a new friend
Take my friends, and I’ll take yours. Sam’s worth at least four greens. Thanks for the new servants.
Whitney wadded the note up in her hand and began to push up to go over and tell Amber what she thought, but Tina caught her eye and shook her head, which was enough to make Whitney pause. While she wanted to go over and give Amber a piece of her mind, she trusted her friend. Something in her eyes said to listen to her. Instead of going over to the table, Whitney let Amber think she had won and sat back down alone. It wasn’t like Whitney wasn’t used to being alone in a lunchroom. She had transferred schools once before coming to their school. She would be fine. Once she got to the bottom of things, she would get her friends back.
Sitting back down, Whitney checked over her math homework. It was the only distraction she had with her, and she needed a distraction to keep from blowing up at Amber. It was ridiculous. Whitney wasn’t keeping Sam from Amber. Sam wanted nothing to do with her, or the sirens in general. That wasn’t Whitney’s fault. And actually, Whitney didn’t blame him on the Amber front. Whitney’s mother had told her more than once when she was a child that if you didn’t have something nice to say, you don’t say anything at all. That definitely pertained to Amber. Whitney had nothing she could say about the girl.
“Um …” A shadow fell over Whitney’s paper as someone stood beside the table, blocking the light.
Whitney glanced up to find a girl standing there, staring down at her paper, but not her. She had never seen the girl before, and she was sure she would have remembered her. She had long black hair that was tipped pink around the edges, some tattoos, and too many piercings to count. Even with her school uniform on, the girl stood out. How could you not with a Celtic cross taking up most of your forearm? That wasn’t something you saw often in a school with teenagers. Whitney’s mother would have killed her if she got a small tattoo that could be concealed. This girl’s wasn’t hidden at all.
“Can I sit here?” the girl asked quietly, pointing to the empty table.
Author Bio:
B. Kristin McMichael graduated with her PhD in biology at Ohio State where she worked as a scientist before taking her passion of writing full-time. Besides writing, she enjoys chasing her kids, playing outside, and baking cookies. She lives in Ohio with her husband and three children.
B. Kristin is the author of YA and clean NA paranormal fiction. Her "Night Human World" includes the YA series "The Blue Eyes Trilogy" about a midwestern girl who comes of age in a world of battling vampire clans, the "The Day Human Trilogy" that takes place among the Appalachian Sidhe fairies, and "The Skinwalkers Witchling" trilogy that follows an apprentice witch in the Pacific Northwest. She's also the author of the NA paranormal time travel romance series "The Chalcedony Chronicles".
The Chalcedony Chronicles: http://bkmc.me/Book1Carnelian
Night Human World Series:
-The Blue Eyes Trilogy: http://bkmc.me/LegendoftheBlueEyes
-The Day Human Trilogy: http://bkmc.me/DayHumanPrince
-The Skinwalkers Witchling: http://bkmc.me/TheWitchlingApprentice
For more information on all of her books, visit http://www.bkristinmcmichael.com
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Q&A
Welcome to the night human world created by B. Kristin
McMichael. She’s here to answer a few questions about her new series and
upcoming books, so take a read and check out the Merworld in WATER AND BLOOD. Book
2, SONGS AND FINS, arrives March 14th.
Q: First off, what is the night human world?
A: The night human
world was first created in the Blue Eyes Trilogy. Basically, it’s a paranormal world filled with all those creatures
that stay up all night and live off of human blood, hence the name night humans.
This includes but is not limited to vampires, werewolves, and all those
wonderful paranormals. There are also the non-paranormals called day humans
that the night humans feed off of.
Q: What makes one a night human?
A: All the clans in the night human world are different.
Some change shape, some change in size, some can’t go outside in daylight, while others can. They vary greatly,
but what they all have in common is that their food is blood.
Q: So your new series is also set in this world, what sort
of night human is this one about?
A: My newest series is the Merworld Trilogy. As the title
suggests, this series focuses on mermaids, but these are blood-sucking
mermaids. It’s not required to read the Skinwalkers series before this one, but
if you did, then you already know the main protagonist Whitney (she was the
best friend to Cassie). The Merworld follows her to the beaches of Florida and
her accidental encounter with the merfolk that live there.
Q: This isn’t your first
night human series. What are the other ones?
A: Yes, this happens to be the fourth series I’ve written
that takes place in the same night human world. Each trilogy can be read on
their own, but if you start with The Legend of the Blue Eyes, you meet
characters that might show up in other series also. The first trilogy focuses
on a young girl that turns into a vampire-like creature
on her sixteenth birthday. The second series I wrote is The Day Human Trilogy,
which follows the character Devin as her travels into the sidhe faerie village
and finds a new path in life. The third series is The Skinwalkers’ Witchling
which focuses on a witchling girl that finds out her whole community is made up
of witches or skinwalkers who turn into monsters at night. And the Merworld
Trilogy is the fourth in the night human world. I’m already working on a fifth
series in that world also.
Q: How would you describe the main character of Whitney in
the first book WATER AND BLOOD?
A: Whitey is a fun character to write. She is as girly as
they come, with pink everything. Sometimes comes off a bit daring and ready to
jump into situations without a care in the world, but underneath she is smart
and cunning. She also is a very loyal friend, which you see in the Witchling
Series. In Water and Blood she is just
trying to survive her last year in high school. Having to move to Florida unexpectedly
after the death of her parents, she is starting over but has no direction.
She’s no longer a night human and has to find a new goal in life as a day
human. In Water and Blood, her direction basically falls into her lap and sets
her on a new path in life.
Q: In WATER AND BLOOD, we get to see a bit into Sam, the
male protagonist. Will we learn more about him in Songs and Fins?
A: Yes, and even more in Scales and Legends. Sam is central
to the story and I don’t want to give away his part in Water and Blood for
those that haven’t read it yet. And yes, there is a lot more behind the cute
guy that has been watching Whitney without her knowing.
Q: Any last comments you want to make?
A: Water and Blood is a fun new series in the night human
world and you don’t have to read all the others first. I personally love to
read books with the same characters, but as an author, after a few books, I
feel like their story is told and I like to move onto new characters. That is
what I’ve been doing by staying in the same world of night humans. The first
book in the night human world is The Legend of the Blue Eyes, it’s always a
free ebook for anyone to try and see if they like the night human world and
then there are 10 more you can read in that world, soon to be more.
And on a more personal level, being an author for the past
four years has been great. All the fans and people willing to give a new author
a try have been wonderful. It can be a lot of work (right now we are editing
two books, writing a new book, listening and coordinating three audio books,
getting new covers made, and working with a translator for another book all
while marketing the books out there- it is a super busy job) but all the time
spent getting the best book out there for people to read has been worth it.
Thank you to all the fans that have read my book and thank you for anyone out
there that has been willing to give my books a chance.
B. Kristin McMichael graduated with her PhD in biology at Ohio State where she worked as a scientist before taking her passion of writing full-time. Besides writing, she enjoys chasing her kids, playing outside, and baking cookies. She lives in Ohio with her husband and three children.
