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As a mermaid, Brooke has never been to the Rocky Mountains. And stumbling across the murder of a werewolf is not a great start to her visit. In the paranormal-only town of Purgatory Falls, though, she's discovered a place where she can reveal her true self for the first time in her life. So she shakes off her unease and tries to enjoy herself, exploring the quaint small town and getting to know its residents, including a dragon shifter police officer. When the official investigation into the crime she witnessed seems to narrow in on the wrong suspect, however, Brooke realizes she might have to start poking around on her ownβand begin to test her own magical abilities.
Oh this was great! I loved all the different kind of paranormal so i was immediately hooked. Brooke seems to be a good character she is intelligent, compassionate and curious. She ends up in a paranormal enclave by chance while running from home and suddenly she is meeting all kind of paranormals who are not hiding what they are and they do magic something she was forbidden to do until today. Aiden is a protective alpha but i would love to see more of his dragon side or learn what his magic is.
I rated the book four stars. 95% of the book is definitely a five-star read, but Goodreads doesn't have half stars. However, the first few chapters were hard for me to get through. Particularly Chapter Three. It dragged. I understand that the author was trying to hard to set the scene for the series and the main character, Brooke Newhouse, and it was hard for me to get through that chapter. I just felt that could have been better sprinkled throughout the book because I didn't retain a lot of the
Mermaid in Troubled Water by Nikki Haverstock is the first book in the Purgatory Falls Mysteries series. After breaking up with her fiance, mermaid Brooke finds herself in the paranormal town of Purgatory Falls only to find herself being shot at and then the dead body of an alpha shifter nearby. An excellent introduction, and although I am not usually a fan of the paranormal fantasy books, I enjoyed this one very much and it is probably the best one for me that I have read. I think that because

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