New York Times bestselling author Susan Donovan welcomes you to Bayberry Island, a special place where a bronze mermaid statue promises to grant true love to anyone who asks with an open heart... Perfect for fans of Susan Elizabeth Phillips, JoAnn Ross and Jill Shalvis. Duncan Flynn has finally returned home from the Navy, and although he's just in time for the annual festival week celebrating Bayberry Island's legend of the mermaid, he has never been in less of a mood to celebrate. He has physical and emotional wounds that need to heal. What little tolerance he has for the legend of the mermaid whittles down even more when he finds he has to help his mother with this week-long celebration - all the while darting her efforts of finding him a girl. To vent, he takes to late night swimming on the beach he knows so well. One night, Duncan is surprised to spot a naked woman emerging from the ocean, especially when he realises she is his childhood friend, Lena, now a beautiful woman and local artist gaining some degree of fame. She bears an uncanny resemblance to someone he's met before, and only when he walks through town and sees the statue of the mermaid does he realise their similiarities. What is the connection between Lena and the legend of the mermaid? And can the artistic Lena and the military Duncan ever find happiness together? Don't miss more enchanting Bayberry Island romance with Rowan's story in Sea of Love and Clancy's story in The Sweetest Summer.