the Creature in Black Lagoon: A Monster Romance

Callie Rose Baptiste came home to Louisiana to study a dying wetland.She never expected the swamp to be studying her back.When a wealthy pharmaceutical company quietly purchases thousands of acres surrounding the protected Saint Orison Wetlands, Callie Rose is hired to investigate a disturbing pattern of animal disappearances. But something about Acheron Biologics doesn't add up. Armed security patrols the bayous. Research files have been altered. Strange tracks appear along the waterline.And beneath the black water, something glows.Orin is enormous, amphibious, violently territorial-and unlike anything science has ever documented. With webbed claws, razor-sharp teeth, powerful gills, a massive tail, and bioluminescent markings that burn turquoise beneath the lagoon, he should terrify Callie Rose.Instead, he watches her.Protects her.Leaves gifts beside her boat.And slowly begins learning her name.The deeper Callie Rose ventures into Saint Orison, the more she realizes Orin isn't the monster invading the swamp.Acheron is.They have been searching for his kind for decades, and the biological secret hidden inside Orin's body could be worth billions. Now Callie Rose must decide how far she's willing to go to protect a creature who is becoming far more than a scientific impossibility-and what happens when the guardian of the swamp decides she belongs in his world too.The Creature in the Black Lagoon is a dark, atmospheric monster romance filled with Louisiana bayous, Cajun flavor, corporate conspiracy, dangerous obsession, bioluminescent creature goodness, and open-door spice.