Love and hunger are not the same.

Six years ago, on a remote Scottish island, a mysterious woman saved Sister Madeleine Laurent from drowning. Now, after leaving her convent, Madeleine crosses the ocean again to find the rescuer who changed her life. Instead, her search is disrupted by Haera North, a brazen, provocative local who stirs Madeleine’s repressed desires—and keeps a secret out of legend.

Haera has one dream: to become the first female Stormhorse, a powerful leader in her clan of fearsome ocean horse spirits. To do so, she must capture, drown, and eat a worthy human. When she first saw...

Love and hunger are not the same.

Six years ago, on a remote Scottish island, a mysterious woman saved Sister Madeleine Laurent from drowning. Now, after leaving her convent, Madeleine crosses the ocean again to find the rescuer who changed her life. Instead, her search is disrupted by Haera North, a brazen, provocative local who stirs Madeleine’s repressed desires—and keeps a secret out of legend.

Haera has one dream: to become the first female Stormhorse, a powerful leader in her clan of fearsome ocean horse spirits. To do so, she must capture, drown, and eat a worthy human. When she first saw Madeleine, she knew she’d found the one. So why did Haera save her instead?

Now Madeleine’s back. All Haera has to do is remain in human form, earn her woman’s trust, then devour her.

But Madeleine is awakening another kind of appetite…