When a boy moves in across the street during the summer before Emma's junior year of high school, she is instantly drawn to him. With the recent loss of her parents, pain and sorrow is all she feels but, when she is around Shad, Emmas pain is gone and her soul seems to literally sing. For the first time since the loss of her parents, she feels as if she might be able to have a happy regular life with Shad by her side.

That is, she thought she could have a regular life, and maybe she would have, if she was just an average person.

But average and normal?

No, Emma is not that at all.

Emma is the heir to a kingdom in the land of Terra. A land where fairytales and magic are real and a land that is currently on the brink of destruction. Emma is the only one who can save the land. But, Emma has no desire to be a princess, or save a strange land. All she wants is to heal after the loss of her parents, go to homecoming, and maybe have her first real kiss.

Will Emma have the life she desires? Or will she be pulled in too deep to ever go back to any semblance of a normal life again?

This is the five year anniversary edition which has been polished even more and expanded upon.

Welcome to the ancient land of Terra, where curses run rampant throughout all the kingdoms and where the royalty desperately attempt to break their curses and claim their own happily-ever-afters.

Prince Dominick of Walden wants one thing: Freedom. Freedom from his Uncle's vile pirate ship, the Crimson Blade, so that he can get the revenge he seeks. Focused on his goal, he plays the part of a wicked pirate, biding his time till he has the chance to finally escape. When he is tossed into the sea during a storm that tears apart the ship, he never expects to be rescued and stranded on a strange island, alone with his enchanting rescuer. But the more time he spends with this beautiful and odd maiden who saved his life, the more he wants to protect her from all of the horrors he has seen in the world.

Princess Meria wants to be a good daughter of Marren. With her betrothal soon becoming official, she knows she will make her people and father proud. But when the Marren lights that keep her underwater kingdom thriving continue to dim without an answer as to why, Meria discovers a secret, hidden from the merpeople for centuries that makes her question everything. When she sees a human sinking into the depths of the sea, and rescues him she has no idea it will change her world forever. He makes her feel things she never thought possible. Her soul tells her to stay with him, and for the first time in her life she listens.

Together, Meria and Dominick begin a journey across the Misted Seas, an area lost to humanity since before the Great War–a place where monsters and magic are prolific and no human has ever made it out alive. WIll they both find what they are looking for in these lost seas? And if they uncover the truths and answers they seek, will they discover that some secrets are better left in the depths?

This is a Little Mermaid Retelling and the fifth book in The Cursed Kingdom Chronicles, a series of clean, stand-alone but connected, fairytale retellings. If you enjoy clean romance, adventure, and witty banter, The Cursed Kingdom Chronicles is for you!