Coffee and Kelpies

Marlowe Reilly comes from a long line of kelpies… wild, shape-shifting water horses with a taste for human flesh. She’s been allowed to live in the magical town of Crescent Cove provisionally, as long as she can keep her bloodthirsty nature in check, which she manages in part thanks to the magical, mood-changing drinks served up at the Toast & Tide, a local diner.
Marlowe owns a riding stable where she provides a safe space for both rescued horses and traumatized humans. But her livelihood and her tenuous place in Crescent Cove are jeopardized when a member of the violent family she left behind comes looking for her. And when a grouchy, scruffily-handsome man takes over the diner, her usual coping mechanisms are disrupted.
Rick Thane considers himself an excellent brewer of emotive potions, and he’s not sure why the beautiful owner of the riding stable won’t trust his work. He starts trying to win her over, not realizing that the deeper he moves into her life, the more uncertain his fate becomes. Marlowe’s human side might claim to hate him, but her kelpie side craves him in the most primal way, and giving in to that hunger even once could prove ruinous for them both.

This beachy paranormal romance novella is for fans of Gilmore Girls, Practical Magic, and Supernatural, all rolled into one, with a side of Celtic mythology.