Two sisters torn apart by storm and sorrow. One bound to the sea. One reviled on land.
Available now for eBook and preorder for paperback released on October 1, 2026.
Audiobook available September 22, 2026.
IN A WORLD OF MAGIC AND MYTH, WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO REACH THE ONES YOU LOVE?
1845 Rathlin Island is starving. Sisters Nerissa and Finella struggle daily, until a deadly storm changes everything. Swept into the sea and saved by a mysterious merman, Nerissa is forced to choose certain death or the dangerous and painful transformation into a mermaid, if she wants to see her older sister again.
Finella, distraught after losing her father and sister to the sea, befriends a young merboy who brings her fish. Soon he brings Nerissa too but Finella is horrified by what her younger sister has become. Rumors spread across Rathlin and Finella must fend off the dark intentions of islanders who believe her touched by water fay. But when fate’s hand moves between sea and shore, the sisters learn that sacrifice, survival, and redemption are more tangled than the nets they once mended.
What The Sea Keeps is a sweeping YA fantasy filled with adventure, resilience, and the bonds that hold us together—even across worlds.
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