Maribel dreams of the ocean, but has never been. Her overprotective aunt and uncle have kept her away from the place that calls to her at night. And trying to push them into taking her isn’t an option. She knows how much it hurts them to talk about the very thing that took her parents’ lives so many years ago in a boating accident. In fact Maribel never pushes anything with her loving adopted family, until she meets Jaron. He is unbelievably hot and the only boy that she has ever been attracted to. For the first time in her life she feels exhilarated and truly alive. She can tell that he feels it too, so why does he keep disappearing on her? And why is it that as soon as her secretive brooding knight shows up, her world is turned upside down? People are following her, she’s having terrifying nightmares, and she suddenly gets the feeling that her beloved aunt and uncle are keeping something from her. Can she unravel the secrets of her past without her life falling apart along the way? Will the truth forever change the way she sees the people that she loves?

Maribel was sure of only one thing… life, as she knew it, was over. Dylan had yet to return, the fear burrowed deeper into her heart every day that she’d never see him again. Her blinders were off, and with every breath Mari was reminded that she wasn’t really a part of the world around her. She had been thrust into foreign skin that itched and screamed to be in the ocean again. Jaron seemed to be the only person who understood what she was going through; he was learning about the true nature of their world just like her. Sylvia looked at her with hopeful eyes—hope for what, Mari was unsure. The mysterious kingdom her father ruled over lay in wait for her triumphant return, but she had no clue how she was supposed to help anyone against the sirens. The giant creatures with soulless eyes haunted her dreams, as did visions of Dylan in strange places. The mers were looking to her, their princess and the last witch in the sea, to master her powers and put up the borders that protected their kingdom. Mari was willing to risk her life for Sylvia, Dylan, and all the others… but with every new bit of information she learns about her kingdom, the more she wonders if it’s worth saving at all.