Lord of the Deep
Dawn Thompson
Kensington Aphrodisia, Sep 2007, $12.95
ISBN: 9780758221797

Shamans, her Aunt Adelia and her Uncle Olwyn, are mentoring their niece Meg in the Witching Ways on the Iles of Mists in the Principalities of Arcus. Lonely she sees seals playing in the nearby water, but in the blink of an eye, they vanish and men are frolicking instead. She wonders if they are the legendary Selkie when one of them, the seeming leader of the group, claims she called him. Simeon insists he, as the Lord of the Deep, will answer her magical calling.

He continues to see her although both their species would disown them for forging a taboo relationship. Simeon knows he has done broken the first commandment of his people by falling in love with a land dweller. Meanwhile Meg reciprocates, but knows the impossibility of their being together as he is a sea creature. However, love as the strongest magic of all is the only possible way that a sea immortal and land mortal can become one.

LORD OF THE DEEP is a fabulous erotic paranormal romance that fans of Dawn Thompson will enjoy. The underwater sea love scenes seem believable as Simeon and Meg fall in love. Although greater emphasis on their species differences is lacking in the overall fine story line, readers will enjoy this under the sea romantic fantasy.

Harriet Klausner