An Intimate Oasis
She had nothing to fear in loving him...

The last thing Stephen Gary expected to find in the desert was a mermaid. But that was before he saw his mother's swimming instructor, Holly Hutton, emerge from their Palm Springs pool. Suddenly he wanted to believe in miracles. And he wanted Holly ....

Vital and beautiful, she was also elusive. There was a lonely secret in her eyes, a nightmare from the past that haunted her. Stephen alone could see it. And he alone could set her free ....