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Aquatic Ardor [MultiFormat]
eBook by Margaret L. Carter
eBook Category: Erotica/Erotic Fantasy/Fantasy
eBook Description: When mortal and immortal meet at the boundary of land and water... As a boy, Adam had a sensual encounter with the elemental spirit of his family's lake. Or did he dream it? Now, in middle age, he retreats to this refuge to reassess his life after a heart attack. Melia, the undine who dwells in the lake, eagerly welcomes Adam's return. Although the last thing she wants is to be ensnared by human emotions, she feels affection and desire for the young man she remembers. But Adam plans to sell off most of the surrounding land to a developer. To save her home from ruin, Melia sets out to seduce Adam. In the process, though, she risks losing her heart and gaining what she never wanted--a human soul. [Genres: Contemporary Fantasy]
eBook Publisher: Amber Quill Press, Published: 2007
Fictionwise Release Date: July 2007
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"3/4 Stars! ... I loved colors Melia acquires when she transforms into her human form and her almost childlike enthusiasm about sex and other modern gadgets. Adam provides the story with a male presence ... Adam and Melia share an erotic experience in the past...[Their] relationship is fun to see as both struggle to fit into each others worlds. The sex is hot but does not overwhelm the story with its length ... I loved the way Ms. Carter has incorporated Melia's conversations with sylphs and other creatures about her and her mortal lover. They feel like gossipy friends out for a little fun. As the whole water world is an important part of the plot, the descriptions of the lake and the merging of Melia's existence with it have been done brilliantly ... A very quick read and I am sure the reader will appreciate their amorous visit to a fantastic lake."--Mahaira Fatima, Just Erotic Romance Reviews
With the sinking of the sun, the evening dimmed toward twilight. Insects chirped and buzzed in the bushes. A welcome breeze relieved the summer heat, drying the sweat on his arms. The fragrance of honeysuckle drifted toward him from a tangle of vines festooning a fallen tree. After swatting away a mosquito, he stood up and started along the path to the house. Flickers of lightning bugs in the underbrush reminded him of the jars he'd filled with them as a boy, tromping through the woods with the guys who visited for weekend sleepovers. He felt his neck muscles unknotting and tension rolling off his shoulders like water.
"Why didn't I come back here a long time ago?"
A rustle of leaves behind him startled him to a stop. Probably an animal. Who could have sneaked up from that direction without his noticing? Then a voice made his heart jump. "Yes, why didn't you?"
He whirled around. A girl glided out of the lengthening shadows and up the path toward him. A young woman, rather, no older than her early twenties, with unbound hair cascading to her waist. A naked woman.
He swallowed and blurted out, "Who are you?"
"Melia. I've been waiting a long time for you to come back."
"Do I know you?" Was her hair actually pale green? And did her skin have a faintly blue tint, or was that just an illusion of the fading light? A second shock hit him. She looked like the girl in his dream.
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