num_pages: 159
description: What doesnt kill you sometimes makes you wish it hadPriddys a lost soul in a part of Cornwall the tourists dont get to see. Hes young sweet-natured and gorgeous but thats not enough to achieve escape velocity from his deadbeat village and rotten family life.Hes a drifter and a dreamer and self-preservation isnt his strong suit. An accidental overdose of a nightclub high leaves him fractured hallucinating too many vital circuits fried to function in a tough world. When a friend offers him winter work in a lighthouse  nothing to do but press the occasional button and keep the windows clean  he gratefully accepts.His plans to live quietly and stay out of trouble dont last very long. A ferocious Atlantic storm washes a stranger to Priddys lonely shore. For a shipwrecked sailor the new arrival seems very composed. Hes also handsome as hell debonair and completely unconcerned by Priddys dreadful past.Priddy has almost given up on the prospect of any kind of friendship and a new boyfriend  let alone a six-foot beauty with eerily good swimming skills  out of the question entirely. But Merou seems to see undreamed-of promise in Priddy and when they hit the water together Priddy has to adapt to Merous potentials too and fast. His lover from the sea might be a mere mortal from the waist up but south of that lineFar-flung west Cornwall has a hundred mermaid tales. Priddys loved the stories all his life. Now he has to face up to a wildly impossible truth. Merous life depends upon his courage and strength and if Priddy can only find his way in the extraordinary world opening up all around him all the ocean and a human lifetime neednt be enough to contain the love between merman and mortal.
language: English
title: Priddy’s Tale
publisher: FoxTales Publications