Break Wide the Sea

In this romantasy, a heartbreak curse threatens to kill Annie Fairfax, owner of the Fairfax Whaling Company, unless she can find a way to break it—and quickly. Annie’s family is cursed because of their family business: hunting, killing, and harvesting whales for their magic, which the town uses to heal, heat, and keep safe. The curse transforms them into monsters, and all will end fatally for them when they experience heartbreak. When Annie’s parents die tragically in a shipwreck that she and two others, August and Silas, are the sole survivors of, Annie’s curse begins to take shape. Years later, she has kept the curse at bay for the most part and is now betrothed to August. Silas offers Annie a way to break the curse, but it comes with a warning—August means to kill her soon after their marriage, so that he can take over the whaling company. This romantasy/adventure novel comes with dark twists that will leave readers guessing again and again. Annie has blonde hair and brown eyes; August has red hair and blue eyes; Silas has black hair and gray eyes.