Readers across the world are in love with author Sally Carmichael's series of romance novels that chronicle the epic love story between a human girl and a merman. But no one knows that Sally Carmichael is really Simon Hayes, a bitter, serious novelist - and Simon would like to keep it that way....
In the small town of Calvin Alley, everybody plays the card game Spit at the annual Spit tournament. On the day of this year's tournament, Sherry, the champion for the last three Spit tournaments is forced to face a broken heart and new beginnings.
