From the New York Times bestselling author of The Selection series comes this sweeping standalone fantasy romance A girl with a secret The boy of her dreams An ocean between them Throughout the ages the Ocean has occasionally rescued young women from drowning To repay their debt these young women must serve for 100 years as Sirens remaining young & beautiful & using their deadly voices to lure strangers into watery graves To keep their true nature secret Sirens must never speak to humans & must be careful never to stay in the same place for too long But once her century of service is over each Siren gets a chance to start over
- a chance to live the mortal life that was almost stolen from her Kahlen became a Siren after her family died in a terrible shipwreck decades ago & though a single word from her can kill she can't resist spending her days on land watching ordinary people & longing for the day when she will be able to speak & laugh & live freely among them again Kahlen is resigned to finishing her sentence in solitudeuntil she meets Akinli Handsome caring & kind Akinli is everything Kahlen ever dreamed of & though she can't talk to him they soon forge a connection neither of them can deny & Kahlen doesn't want to Falling in love with a human breaks all of the Ocean's rules & if the Ocean discovers Kahlen's feelings she'll be forced to leave Akinli for good But for the first time in a lifetime of following the rules Kahlen is determined to follow her heart