Waterborne

Building on her imaginative Atlantean paranormals Seaborne and Oceanborne, Irons creatively develops the complex undersea world of a humanlike race endowed with superpowers, extraordinary sexual prowess, and an uncanny knack for getting mixed up with human women in need of a hot Atlantean male. Prince Alexandros of Atlantis is an assassin stopped in his tracks when he catches sight of Ree O’Connor. Sexy Ree is chef to a ruthless Russian whose yacht steers under the legal radar. Alex saves Ree’s life when she’s caught in the crossfire on his mission to kill her boss, and they hit it off after a rocky start. As Ree becomes accustomed to undersea life, the attraction between her and Alex heats up, while courtly intrigue, assassin politics, and secret histories tightly weave through the plot. Distinct, interesting characters and subplots add depth to this rousing tale. (July)