Review - The Mermaid's Knight

This book begins in the modern-day world where Leah Sunderland has just been killed in a traffic accident. Fortunately for her, she has a fairy godmother. Unfortunately, the godmother is hung up on fairy tales. She offers Leah two choices - ascend to Heaven or gain a second chance through a fairy tale. Leah takes the second chance and allows her fairy godmother to choose the fairy tale.

The next thing Leah knows, she is the Little Mermaid in medieval England. This is not the Disney version, either. The original by Hans Christian Anderson had a harder edge.

Leah has a month to get a specific nobleman to love her. If she fails then she dies for good. And she has some handicaps. She cannot speak of course. Worse, her legs are weak and become painful the longer she is away from water. She is also naked but that never hurts when trying to seduce a nobleman.

Love is never easy and Leah hits numerous obstacles along the way.

This is a light romance, suitable for young adults. It does have some explicit love scenes.

There is not a lot here for mermaid-lovers. Leah constantly slips away for a nightly swim but that seldom rates more than a sentence and there are no other mermaids in the book. Still, the ebook is cheap and it is an enjoyable read.