Download or read book Secrets of Selkie Bay written by Shelley Moore Thomas and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In their present-day tourist trap of an Irish seaside town, famed for its supposed involvement with selkies in the past, three sisters are faced with the sudden disappearance of their mother. Crushed by the loss, their father is struggling to carry on. To make matters worse, there are rumors afloat in the village that their mother herself is a selkie who has now shed her human form and gone back to sea. As Cordie Sullivan, the oldest daughter, tries to learn more about her mother's vanishing, she must find the strength to help her family move ahead, even as she discovers an increasing number of clues that point to a hidden island off the coast—a mythical kingdom of the selkies.
Download or read book Secrets of Selkie Bay written by Shelley Moore Thomas and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selkie Bay is a place where the old legends seem very near, and eleven-year-old Cordelia believes that her secretive mother is a selkie who has returned to the sea--a belief that offers some hope as she struggles to care for her two younger sisters and help her scientist father makes ends meet in their home by the sea.
Download or read book The Last Rabbit written by Shelley Moore Thomas and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern fairytale about sisterhood, forgiveness, and redemption in the vein of The Girl Who Drank the Moon and The One and Only Ivan. Off the coast of Ireland, on the island of Hybrasil, lives a Magician and four enchanted rabbit sisters. One by one, the rabbits have been leaving the island, accompanied by a Boy and his boat. When the rabbits leave, they can turn back into girls. The last rabbit, Albie, remains. She doesn't want to leave, but the island is sinking. Before deciding where she wants to go, Albie visits each of her sisters. Caragh has joined a circus. Isolde is the captain of a pirate ship. And Rory wants to go home to the family's house in Cork. Through many furry twists and hoppity turns, we learn how one mistake can lead to many consequences, and that forgiveness and family are always within reach.
Download or read book The Selkie Enchantress written by Sophie Moss and published by . This book was released on 2013-04-18 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irish islander Caitlin Conner has been in love with professor of Irish folklore Liam O'Sullivan for as long as she can remember. But just when he is starting to look at her as more than a friend, a mysterious woman arrives on Seal Island and captures his heart. As Caitlin discovers the truth behind the woman's lies, she realizes Liam is trapped in a dangerous enchantment and the only way to break the spell is to uncover a secret Irish fairy tale that has remained hidden for hundreds of years. But when the petals of a white rose grown in winter start to fall, the legend is set in motion, and Caitlin must find a way to change the ending before the last petal falls.
Download or read book The Sea Child written by Carol Nicolas and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-12 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intrigue, Adventure, and a touch of Romance. Maddie found her on the beach. The Selkie girl was hurt, alone, the prey of evil men. Maddie's Scottish grandmother had told stories about Selkies, humans who transform into seals and back again. To survive, the girl needs Maddie's help and Maddie will need hers. Carlsbad is the California beach town Maddie and her two younger brothers now call home. They came to live here with their grandmother after their parents were killed. This was where Maddie hoped to finish high school, a place where they could begin to move on with life. But then Grandma was kidnapped, and they found the Selkie... and Grandma's lifeless body. As she works with the FBI to find out who murdered her grandmother, Maddie meets an FBI agent's handsome young son who turns her whole world even further upside down. Maddie thought she understood it all. In reality, she knew nothing. The motive was more sinister, the means more complex, the opportunity more obscure than she could have ever imagined. She must find who is after them and why before it is too late. The Sea Child is the mesmerizing first book in The Selkie King Mysteries series. A YA urban fantasy cozy mystery full of clues, twists, romantic swells, and a dive into the mythical world of the Selkies, that will keep you guessing to the end.
Download or read book The Selkie Sorceress written by Sophie Moss and published by . This book was released on 2013-04-20 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American detective Sam Holt has a knack for finding people who shouldn't be found. When his last case almost killed an innocent woman, he swore off detective work forever. But when this same woman asks him for one last investigation--to find her husband's long lost mother--Sam cannot refuse. Clairvoyant Irish artist Glenna McClure will do anything to stop Sam, even if it means teaming up with a powerful sorceress who she knows she cannot trust. But when the petals of a mysterious night-blooming rose begin to turn black, Glenna realizes that an even darker force is at work. To protect the people she loves, Glenna will have to face a terrible curse that has haunted her all her life before the final petal fades to ash.
Download or read book Swim the Moon written by Paul Brandon and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A haunting tale of love, music, and magic on the stormy coast of Scotland. After the loss of his wife, Scottish fiddle player Richard Brennan moves to Australia to escape the ghosts of his former life. Six years later, he returns for his father's funeral and decides to remain in his father's desolate cottage in the north of Scotland, gathering together the threads of his former life, scratching out a living playing music. Then Richard meets Ailish, the enigmatic young woman who's ethereal singing haunts the bay by moonlight. As their relationship builds, the secrets of his family's past are brought to light, one by one, leaving them to confront a history that is both terrifying and fantastic-a legacy that may well cost Richard his soul. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book The Seal Children written by Jackie Morris and published by Frances Lincoln Childrens Books. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fisherman named Ewan falls in love with a selkie--half-woman, half-seal--who bears him two children before returning to her own people below the waves. Reprint.
Download or read book The Golden City written by J. Kathleen Cheney and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For two years, Oriana Paredes has been a spy among the social elite of the Golden City, reporting back to her people, the sereia, sea folk banned from the city's shores. When her only confidante is murdered, Oriana's quest for vengeance finds her crossing paths with Duilio Ferreira, a police consultant who has been investigating the disappearance of a string of servants from the city's wealthiest homes. Duilio also has a secret: He is a seer and his gifts have led him to Oriana. Together they must expose a twisted plot of dark magic at the heart of the Golden City.
Download or read book The Third Note written by Virginia King and published by Secrets of Selkie Moon. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mysterious parcel. An unsolved crime. A spell from beyond the grave. When Selkie Moon receives a parcel from her great-grandmother 35 years after her death, opening it seems like such a bad idea. But curiosity wins and the objects it contains plunge Selkie into long-buried family secrets.
Download or read book The Seven Tales of Trinket written by Shelley Moore Thomas and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guided by a tattered map, accompanied by Thomas the Pig Boy, and inspired by the storyteller's blood that thrums through her veins, eleven-year-old Trinket searches for the seven stories she needs to become a bard like her father, who disappeared years before. She befriends a fortune-telling gypsy girl; returns a child stolen by the selkies to his true mother; confronts a banshee and receives a message from a ghost; helps a village girl outwit—and out-dance—the Faerie Queen; travels beyond the grave to battle a dastardly undead Highwayman; and meets a hound so loyal he fights a wolf to the death to protect the baby prince left in his charge. All fine material for six tales, but it is the seventh tale, in which Trinket learns her father's true fate, that changes her life forever. The Seven Tales of Trinket is a Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book of 2012
Download or read book The Second Path written by Virginia King and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we last left Selkie Moon, she was running towards the source of her deepest primal fear: the sea. Now she finds herself naked on the beach, stunned that she has no memory of the past two weeks.
Download or read book Sea Spell written by Tess Farraday and published by Berkley. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beth returns to the quaint seaside town of Grey Gallows in search of the mysterious, dark-haired youth who once rescued her from drowning there only to vanish into the mist, and finds instead a very human suitor who seems oddly familiar.
Download or read book The Slaughtered Lamb Bookstore and Bar written by Seana Kelly and published by NYLA. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “master class in storytelling and survival.” —Publisher’s Weekly (starred review) Welcome to The Slaughtered Lamb Bookstore and Bar. I’m Sam Quinn, the werewolf book nerd in charge. I run my business by one simple rule: Everyone needs a good book and a stiff drink, be they vampire, wicche, demon, or fae. No wolves, though. Ever. I have my reasons. I serve the supernatural community of San Francisco. We’ve been having some problems lately. Okay, I’m the one with the problems. The broken body of a female werewolf washed up on my doorstep. What makes sweat pool at the base of my spine, though, is realizing the scars she bears are identical to the ones I conceal. After hiding for years, I’ve been found. A protection I’ve been relying on is gone. While my wolf traits are strengthening steadily, the loss also left my mind vulnerable to attack. Someone is ensnaring me in horrifying visions intended to kill. Clive, the sexy vampire Master of the City, has figured out how to pull me out, designating himself my personal bodyguard. He’s grumpy about it, but that kiss is telling a different story. A change is taking place. It has to. The bookish bartender must become the fledgling badass. I’m a survivor. I’ll fight fang and claw to protect myself and the ones I love. And let’s face it, they have it coming. *** The reviews are in: "Kelly (Welcome Home, Katie Gallagher) introduces fierce, lovable heroine Sam Quinn with this master class in storytelling and survival. Seven years ago, Sam was attacked, raped, and forcibly turned into a werewolf, putting an end to her life as she knew it. She’s since made a home for herself in San Francisco, opening a combination bookstore/bar catering exclusively to the supernatural community. A loner by nature and still contending with her trauma, she’s content to lie low without a wolf pack of her own. But when dead bodies begin piling up across the city and Sam receives a threat from an unknown source, she finds herself surrounded by a phalanx of friends she never realized she had. Among them is Clive, the leader of the city’s vampire community, whose good looks attract Sam “like a zombie to brains.” Kelly pulls off an impressive feat, weaving the sensitively handled story of Sam’s emotional recovery through a rollicking adventure. The unique setting and endearingly quirky side characters only add to the charm. Readers will delight in both the humor and the heartache of this powerful urban fantasy, and they’ll be eager to see where Sam goes next.” (Publisher’s Weekly (starred review)) "This action-packed paranormal series launch will appeal to readers who enjoy a plot-driven, female-centric journey of growth with a side of romance. Great for fans of Patricia Briggs’s Alpha and Omega series.” (Book Life (Editor’s pick))
Download or read book The Secret of the Seal written by Deborah Davis and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2013-05-29 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While hunting, a 10-year-old Eskimo boy befriends a seal pup. "When Kyo learns that his uncle is hunting for a seal to take to the zoo, he must use every bit of resourcefulness he can muster to save his vulnerable playmate. Readers are not hit over the head with the theme of animals being best left in the wild. Kyo's transformation from hunter to conservationist is plausible and touching. A welcome addition for younger readers."—School Library Journal.
Download or read book Between Earth and Sea written by Sharon Brubaker and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-29 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kelsi Muir is a beautiful, young Selki avoiding the mating call of the male seals around her. She knows it's her time to mate. Kelsi knows it's her duty. To escape, she swims far, far away in the deep, blue waters of the Atlantic. She swam south to warmer climes and hauled out onto a deserted beach in New Jersey to rest. On the empty beach, enchanted by the waves and the clear moonlight, Kelsi sheds her skin and begins to dance on the lonely beach. But, she is not alone. There in the dune is a handsome, red-gold haired young man. Kelsi shivers with desire and delight. She can't help herself. She's determined to mate with him. Ian Dunaway had had too much to drink. It was certainly obvious since his imagination was playing tricks on him! On the beach, he saw a beautiful woman, dancing, naked! He was mesmerized by her and desired her. Ian woke up on the beach the next morning, only to wonder what happened last night. Was it only a dream? The hot, sexy night with that young woman? Staring at the sea, he thought he remembered that she turned into a seal! That wasn't possible! His head ached. The sea air blew around him. He faced the wind and tried to clear his head. Sometimes the sea air in your face tells you your life is about to change for the better, and it has something to do with your family's past. It has something to do with the future. She's a beautiful Selki. He's a hot, young carpenter. How can earth and sea come together in this steamy romance? Read all about it in Between Earth and Sea.
Download or read book The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart written by Holly Ringland and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enchanting and captivating novel about how our untold stories haunt us — and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive. After her family suffers a tragedy, nine-year-old Alice Hart is forced to leave her idyllic seaside home. She is taken in by her grandmother, June, a flower farmer who raises Alice on the language of Australian native flowers, a way to say the things that are too hard to speak. Under the watchful eye of June and the women who run the farm, Alice settles, but grows up increasingly frustrated by how little she knows of her family’s story. In her early twenties, Alice’s life is thrown into upheaval again when she suffers devastating betrayal and loss. Desperate to outrun grief, Alice flees to the dramatically beautiful central Australian desert. In this otherworldly landscape Alice thinks she has found solace, until she meets a charismatic and ultimately dangerous man. Spanning two decades, set between sugar cane fields by the sea, a native Australian flower farm, and a celestial crater in the central desert, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart follows Alice’s unforgettable journey, as she learns that the most powerful story she will ever possess is her own.
