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REVIEW: Sea Fever by Virginia Kantra

Dear Ms. Kantra:

book reviewI thought it would be kind of fun to run this review after Jia’s wherein she expresses some, um, discomfort at merpeople as main characters in a romance. While I have not read many books about merpeople, I can say during the ones I have read I have never had a sushi craving. Sea Fever is the second (or third if you count the anthology) in the Children of the Sea series.

The night the only eligible man on the island got married, Regina Barone got drunk.

The opening line says it all. Regina Brone’s life isn’t really going so well. She escaped from World’s End, a small tourist/fishing town in Maine to pursue a career as a chef. She had grown up in her mother’s restaurant but she wasn’t interested in serving eggs, hashbrowns, and clam chowder the rest of her life. She was on a fast track at Perfetto’s in Boston (owned and run by Food Network star, Alain Perfetto) until she got pregnant with Perfetto’s child and he had no interest in her, anymore, or …

REVIEW: Sea Witch by Virginia Kantra

Dear Ms. Kantra:

book review Sea Witch is a departure from the paranormals that I prefer. It’s the real world with a paranormal aspect instead of fully developed alternate reality. This type of paranormal is usually not my favorite but really worked in this situation. I’ve not read a lot of Kantra books. I think the last one I read was Mad Dog and Annie, a Silhouette Intimate Moments. I’m certainly on board for more Kantra’s, though, after reading this one.

The heroine, Margred, is a selkie whose love for the sea is greater than all else. Her husband was taken from her years ago; but while she misses him selkies, by their nature, are very solitary. Her only need is one of physical companionship and this drives her from the water to a small island community. “Your island is between the Arctic current and the Gulf Stream, like . . . a convenient resting place for anyone making the ocean crossing.” Margred informs the hero, Caleb, at one point in the story.

Caleb Hunter is the police chief of World’s End. He’s taken the job to …