Lover Merman
Twenty-eight-year-old Phu Phurit moves from Bangkok to an island in order to look after a sea-themed bar, Full and a Half, with his close friend Phana. Orphaned from the age of twenty-five, merman Nawa is an easy-going…
When Bangkok-dweller Phu Phurit moves to a sleepy island to co-manage a sea-themed bar with his best friend Phana, he expects sun, sand, and a fresh start. What he doesn't expect is Nawa — a mysterious, easygoing bartender with a magnetic pull that draws Phu in from their very first encounter. But Phana’s cryptic warning to stay away from Nawa only fuels Phu’s curiosity. As Phu relentlessly pursues the guarded Nawa, he stumbles upon a hidden world: Nawa is a merman, one of the last of his kind living secretly among humans. The island’s merfolk have a dangerous secret — every full moon they must dive into the ocean to 'release the poison' from living on land, and humans have a long history of hunting them out of greed and fear. Caught between a jealous childhood friend, dark family secrets, and a community that sees his kind as monsters, Nawa must decide if love with a human is worth the risk. Lover Merman is a visually lush, emotionally charged fantasy romance that uses its merman lore as a powerful allegory for identity, prejudice, and the courage to be seen.
