Five years ago, Chihiro had to leave his childhood friend, Inaho, because his parents were moving to a bigger city to earn a steady living. Now Chihiro is set to return to the countryside to visit his grandparents. With this comes old memories, promises unfulfilled, and regrets. For Chihiro's dad, Hirotomo, regrets are all he has left -- it was because of his ambitions that the family packed up and left the countryside. While at his grandparents' house, Chihiro remembers his promise to Inaho that, "No matter how long it takes, we will meet again."

[From fictiondb] Have you ever seen a real, live mermaid? Andrew Cordell has! For a few moments, anyway. It happened while he was diving in the Bahamas. And it changed his life. Andrew, a powerful and charismatic state governor had been emotionally devastated by his wife's death four years earlier. Now, suddenly, his heart felt alive again--because of this mermaid. In reality, she was a swimming instructor and aspiring marine biologist named Lindsay Marshall, who'd been hired to play a mermaid for a television commercial. And she did it well enough to convince at least an unsuspecting diver! Andrew was completely enchanted when he saw her. Like a fairy-tale prince. Like a shipwrecked sailor lured into love....