C.H. CARTER
BOOKS
Cover by: Maldo Designs
Cover by: Maldo Designs
Cover by: Maldo Designs
TO KISS THE SEA
Kingsport Chronicles Book 1
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In the Birde Isles there’s a saying:
You cannot take what the sea is not willing to give.
Ally Kingfisher never gave it much thought until she experienced the sea’s wrath firsthand. But after a near-drowning leaves her with a deeply ingrained fear of the water, Ally still finds herself inexplicably drawn to its depths. As if something is calling to her from beneath the waves, and it only grows louder each year.
Pasha is being punished for something she didn't do, sentenced to a life of solitude until her kin return. But mermaids aren't meant to live alone. Desperate for companionship, Pasha makes a deal that goes spectacularly awry, affecting the lives of everyone on the Isles for years to come.
When a pirate captain kidnaps Ally’s mother and demands Ally deliver the ransom personally, she is forced to leave land for the first time. Turning to Pasha, the one creature whose help she doesn’t want but whose power over the water she needs, Ally strikes a new bargain to get her to her mother. But she’ll have to confront more than her fears along the way…
Because even those in favor are still at the mercy of the sea.
TO BRAVE THE DEEP
Kingsport Chronicles Book 2
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The kiss of the sea leaves a hunger that can’t be fulfilled.
Tossed overboard from the pirate ship that holds her mother hostage, Ally Kingfisher is stranded — and alone. Outnumbered by her enemies, the only option is to seek out a friend she wronged, and put things to rights. But the vastness of the ocean holds a power that threatens to pull Ally into its depths once and for all.
Haunted by dashed hopes, Pasha finds herself unable to return home to the Birde Isles, with its tainted memories of Ally. Determined to pursue her own family secrets, Pasha decides to silence her heart and find her shoal. Until Ally turns up on the back of a sea monster…
When some unexpected allies join them, Ally and Pasha’s rescue mission seems set for success. But the pirates have tricks of their own, and ways of breaking the strongest bonds of trust.
Still, there’s more lurking beneath the waves than pirates or sea monsters. Something ancient — something that has been waiting a long time for the last mermaid to leave the Birde Isles.
The Kingsport Chronicles continue with To Brave the Deep, sequel of To Kiss the Sea.
TO FREE THE WAVES
Kingsport Chronicles Book 3
Coming 2025
The tides have turned.
The call has been made.
And the legends of the sea are awake.
All seems well on the Birde Isles. Ally’s first year as a mermaid is nearly at an end — and despite the comfort of building a life beneath the waves, the call of the land is inescapable. But something ancient stirred in the depths when Pasha left her home to aid Ally’s rescue mission. A source of magic that holds the key to releasing a deadly enemy, intent on the destruction of mermaids.
When a member of Pasha’s long-lost shoal suddenly appears with a dire warning, Ally and Pasha are faced with a choice: stay and guard their home, or journey across the seas to save the rest of Pasha’s kin.
Whichever they choose, freedom threatens to slip through their fingers like sand…
The Kingsport Chronicles trilogy concludes with To Free the Waves.
SHORT STORIES
Carolina Crimes: 21 Tales of Need, Greed, & Dirty Deeds
Short Story: Set Them Free, If Need Be
Published: July 2017
“The Carolinas boast some of the finest crime writers ever to set ink to paper and pixels to disk, as this Sisters in Crime anthology attests. Just like a Carolina Sunday supper, these stories dish up a variety of styles, tones and tastes, from procedurals to cozies to dark psychological thrillers. Pour yourself a tall sweet tea or a couple of fingers of bourbon, sit back and dig in.” —Jeffery Deaver.