Ocean's Justice (Turbulence and Triumph #1) by Demelza Carlton is a wonderful novel that had me from page one and what a shocking ending. Not the ending I wanted but I am not the writer, and yet, the ending fit. Great story and I will certainly read book 2! Girl gets saved from raft as she floats adrift, near death, by a ship of men. The men make bets if she will live. She lives then half of them think she is a curse and half think she is an omen of good luck. The longer she is on the boat, so much happens.... Great story!

This wonderful story wasted no time pulling me in. The emotions of the main character were felt deeply as I read further and further into the book. Of course romance starts to flourish as well as a few evil intentions from others. This writer did an amazing job compelling me through page by page until the conclusion. Was there an H E A? Is there a cliffhanger? All I will tell you is that it does reach a conclusion, and that you will also want to read the next in the series!

Ocean's Justice is a dark Little Mermaid story for adults. It is a quick read which I found entertaining and hard to put down. The ending, while not exactly a cliffhanger, leaves the reader desperate for the next book in the series.

I found it a little odd and confusing that even though the narrator didn't understand the conversations around her, the reader is given every word. I never really was sure how much she understood, except when she specified.

This book contains graphic sexual content.

I enjoyed the book. It was a nicely structured YA book with some engaging characters and some good, detailed writing. It starts a bit slowly but soon draws in the reader.

A fishing boat rescues a floating survivor. What possibly could go wrong with a female on a ship? There is romance, adventure, and some amusing moments as Maria, the floating 'survivor' attempts to communicate and understand what is going on round her when no one speaks her language. It ends in a cliffhanger - be forewarned! I hope the next books in the series explore Maria's past in more detail.

I humbly received a free copy of this Amazing book about A Fiery Murmaid.
The story starts off very strangely with a woman floating alone in a raft naked and is rescued by a scottish lad named William McGregor who immediately becomes her charming protector along with the lad who has a huge crush on her..Charlie.
The other men on the ship are angry and want her thrown back over board due to the fact that she is a siren that will kill everyone.
She finally gets where she can trust William and despite her not speaking their language: she manages to tell him that her name is Maria. He slowly takes her up to meet the cook and gives her some tea..she doesnt like it..but its something to drink.
One night she gets to try some scottish wiskey with William and Charlie and Charlie jumps on her and kisses her..thankfully he soon passes out and William gets her safely back to their room and one thing led to another and they made love.
The next day William is embarrased and angry with himself for taking advantage of Maria and leaves. Maria goes looking for him, but is acosted by that horrible man Barrette who plans to tie her up and rape her..he leaves and she discovers how to pull up sections of the hull and when he comes back to start raping her they fight and eventually he dies and she makes it out of where she was being held.
No sooner than she is free and trying to make it to tell everyone to get off the ship because its sinking when she gets grabbed by Barrettes partner Sciarra starts hitting her and rips her clothes right out on the deck for everyone to see. Maria is trying to scream Williams nane so he would make it out of the sinking ship and he finally makes it out just in time to knock Sciarra out and for them to make it to safety in the life boat. Maria was going along until she saw that that hatefull man had made it into another life boat and she had to make sure that he didnt survive.
She started rocking the boat over and over until it tipped over and she saw shark fins in the water and she sang out to them and then he was devoured by a huge circle of sharks. Maria ducked under the water and returned to her true form..a mermaid and she had to say goodby to her William because she couldnt change back into human form in time to catch up to him.
Maria was again all alone in a boat..she cried so much that it filled her boat over night. She thought maybe she could drift off and find people and blend in among them.
She was awoken to someone with a torch like William used shinning in her face..and then she saw the man behind it. She was rescued by a ship searching for the survivors of the ship she was on and she asked if her William was on board but was very shaken to find a boat full of strangers and afraid to trust any of them. Then she met her savior..Meryl D'Angelo who welcomed her with open arms after hearing that Marias tormentures had met with sharks and pulled out the very first female clothing she had ever seen and started to find out what fit her.
Cant wait to find out what happens in the next book

OCEAN'S JUSTICE is a tale of heroism, triumph, adventure, and mystery. When a fishing vessel rescues a young girl drifting on a raft in the middle of the ocean, the crew is skeptical, at best. The superstitious sailors are convinced that Maria is a demon and needs to be thrown back into the ocean, but one man saves her. Is Maria good? Is she cursed? Where did she come from? Since she doesn't speak the language of the sailors, her explanations are limited to one word answers and expressions.

This is an exciting story that will keep the reader guessing. I look forward to the rest of the series.

I was gifted this book when I signed up for Demelza Carltons newsletter. Both the story and. Ms. Carlton are new to me so I wasn't sure what to expect at first as mermaids usually aren't something I would read but I at least try a different genre before I turn away from it or embrace it. In this case I'm going to embrace it as we learn about Maria and fall in love with William McGregor our main characters in this introduction to the series as a whole. I say introduction because that's the feel I get while reading this. The book is well written a little slow to start but once it gets going it takes off sending you hurtling forward while gripping your seat for the ride. This book is an introduction with a cliffhanger so be warned ahead of time. Now usually that would really annoy me but both book 2&3 are out already so there won't be a long wait. This was a good read as a start of the series and look forward to more very soon.

Really enjoyed this book and looking forward to the next installment. I don't usually read stories like this, but since I've read other books from this author, I thought I'd give it a shot. She did not let me down. Great character development and it progressed in a way that I had a tough time putting it down. I was a little disappointed with the cliffhanger ending, but perhaps that will be adequately addressed in the next book!