Author Description

Pale and motionless, Scotty Jackson lay in a coma at Johns Hopkins Hospital. His tragic journey had come full circle after he'd fled his hometown of Baltimore to escape rational and irrational fears. In Miami Beach, he had intended to spark a new life by realizing his longheld dream of establishing a new outdoor magazine. But the passion for his new project, and even for fishing, had begun to slide. Scotty characteristically balanced on the edge of giving up. Luckily, salt-water fly-fishing emerged as the symbolic fresh start Scotty so desperately needed. His first magical fish on fly seemed to change everything. Shortly after, all of his dreams began to crystallize. He met Maria online. At once, Scotty was awash in feelings he'd not experienced since the vengeful destruction of his last and only true love. Maria was perfect. Their online relationship quickly blossomed to unrealistic proportions. Scotty imagined Maria as his perfect new mermaid, swimming through his fantasies to save him. But had she appeared to save him, or destroy him? He could never have predicted the bloody adventure that would lead him to the edge of his death-and hers-on the strings of an unsuspected puppeteer.