First published 2024
Seventeen-year-old Colette "Letty" MacIntyre has built a good life in Brooklyn with her Aunt Lorna, focusing on her singing career and trying to forget her parents' tragic disappearance. Then people start reacting strangely to her voice, and a massive wolfhound begins following her everywhere. The mayor of Shehan, a remote island town off Maine's coast where Letty was born, arrives with shocking news. The folklore tales she heard as a child are real, and she is the last land siren on Earth. A deadly kelpie has escaped and now terrorizes Shehan. Only Letty's voice can stop the monstrous water horse. She returns to the fog-shrouded island seeking answers about her parents and a chance to prove herself. But the community of druids and Scottish witches fears her power. She must hide her true nature while facing a dangerous druid boy who might kill her or kiss her. Letty must decide if her deadly song can save both the town and herself.
Genres: romance, fantasy, young-adult, paranormal
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: chosen-one, enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water
Setting: Brooklyn, Maine, Shehan
Period: contemporary
290 pages · Paperback · Wendy Higgins
Content warnings: violence