Semi-Finalist, Young Adult category, 2020 Kindle Book Awards.

With all the other fish in the sea, your first crush needn’t be human.

Shade and her best friend, Kai Zahnii, begin their freshman year at Ocean View College. Located on a secret island off the coast of California, Ocean View is a special place specifically designed to train students with magical abilities. Shade is a ghost whisperer. Kai is an empath and healer with the innate ability to become a Navajo shaman. On campus, their worldview is expanded as they meet witches, faeries, selkies, shapeshifters and others like themselves.

Ocean View has incredible facilities and buildings that look like castles. Down by the sea, merpeople interact with students. In the waters off a remote stretch of beach, Shade meets a merman with whom she falls deeply in love. Everything seems idyllic and magical. That is, until Shade discovers a horrible secret about the college, one that will haunt her dreams and waking moments.

SHADE AND THE CASTLE BY THE SEA is Book #3 in a YA Paranormal Mystery / YA Urban Fantasy series.

About the Author

USATODAY and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author Marilyn Peake writes Science Fiction and Fantasy. She's one of thecontributing authors in Book: The Sequel ,published by The Perseus Books Group, with one of her entries included inserialization at The Daily Beast. Inaddition, Marilyn has served as Editor for a number of anthologies. Her shortstories have been published in numerous anthologies and on the literary blog, Glass Cases. AWARDS: Silver Award, two Honorable Mentions and eight Finalistplacements in the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards, two Winner and twoFinalist placements in the EPPIE Awards, Winner of the Dream Realm Awards,Finalist placement in the 2015 National Indie Excellence Book Awards, andWinner of "Best Horror" in the eFestival of Words Best of the Independent eBookAwards.