Series: Mermaid of Venice #1
Publication date: March 15th, 2021
Synopsis:
IndieReader Approved with 4.8 of 5 stars: "MERMAID OF VENICE is an electrifying series starter that immerses readers in a world filled with glamor, sex, murder, and mermaids."
Dive into the extremely glamorous life of Gia Acquaviva, an ultra-rich Venetian mogul with a portfolio of clubs and casinos around the globe. Gia harbors dark secrets--and an underwater graveyard filled with the bones of her former lovers.
Her family's roots descend from the mythological sirens of ancient Greece, but she's taken every precaution to protect her anonymity and the existence of other mermaids. Gia lures in men with a beguiling facade, but inside lurks a deeply troubled soul, severely damaged by a mysterious past.
Despite her sinister desires, she longs for true intimacy and believes she may have found her match in Cameron Langley, a successful London-based banker and dead ringer for Chris Hemsworth. He offers Gia her first real opportunity for lasting love. They share an intensely passionate, deeply sensual connection... but is her growing affection for new lover enough to lull the murderous cravings she feels building within?
Fans of Killing Eve and Big Little Lies will love Mermaid of Venice, a sexy psychological thriller with lush fantasy elements. The setting is modern day Europe with all the chic locales, hot spots and vistas of Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripleyand a juicy splash of the lavish lifestyle in E.L. James's 50 Shades series. This is not the Little Mermaid you grew up with. Gia's out for blood.
Mermaid of Venice is the first installment in a series of 6 books about Gia Acquaviva.
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Excerpt
The rain had stopped, not that it particularly mattered since the water was so high in the streets. A supermoon lit the flooded St. Mark's Square like a silver lake, and also brought with it the mother of all tides, acqua altissima, historically the highest of high tides Venice had ever seen. Coastal flooding had done very strange things to the currents in the canals. Really shaken things up in the water, like a bored child with a snow globe. Things stirred deep beneath the Hotel Bauman, too.
Nico came loose from his chains. His cold body floated up and out; the current carried it tenderly along.
In St. Mark's Square, a German tourist--a surfer--had thrown off his shirt and submerged himself in the deep water to do laps. In the lowest part of the square, nearest to the basilica, cafes were flooded halfway to their ceilings. This bearded German put his whole, long-haired head with the dirty water, and twirled his arms about. After a few minutes, he ran into something blubbery. It felt like the skin of a dolphin. He popped his head up and screamed. Finally, fifteen days after disappearing, Nicolas Angel Fernandez had been found.
JINCEY LUMPKIN is a writer and creative director in Luxury Beauty. She is the author of the Mermaid of Venice fantasy thriller series. Recognized as a thought leader on women and culture, Jincey has written more than 50 columns for the Huffington Post and Playboy. She headlined Sex Week at Harvard and gave an infamous TEDx talk, "Are Robots the Future of Sex?" She has been profiled by Dateline NBC, Vice, and GQ, among others. Out Magazine listed her in its "OUT 100", naming her as one of the world's most influential LGBTQ+ people, alongside celebrities like Laverne Cox and Ricky Martin.
