Corith Fraine has the power to control water with her words.
She has spent much of her life training in an elite magic institution, hoping to serve one of the realm's noble households. So when she secures a post with House Shearwater, an aristocratic family living on a wave-battered island, she is elated. Until she discovers that her predecessor drowned in mysterious circumstances.
If she is to avoid the same fate, Corith must harness the wild, unforgiving tides and cater to the whims of the enigmatic Shearwater siblings. But as she starts to unravel their secrets, she finds herself drawn to the brooding youngest brother, Llir.
With her loyalties pushed to breaking point, these treacherous waters may just pull Corith under...