Alabaster Island: The Mermaid Curse

Teens

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Synopsis

Seventeen-year-old Marei lives on Alabaster Island, a remote tropical isle inhabited by twenty-one families. Nobody under the age of eighteen has ever left to visit the mainland. The island and its strange customs are all that Marei and her friends know. For years, Marei dreaded the Binding. On that day, each teen must write his or her choice of life mate. But with her childhood sweetheart drowned long ago, Marei has no boy in mind. And so she leaves her paper blank. This sets off a chain of events that ruptures the bedrock of her life and leads her to question the only home she’s ever had. She encounters a mermaid, beings thought to have gone extinct. The mermaid tells Marei to leave the island and offers to help. When a handsome teen from the mainland becomes stranded after a supply drop, Marei falls in love. Her secret plan to flee becomes an obsession. But the mermaid has a hidden agenda of her own. Now Marei must confront the shocking reality that lies beneath island life. The choices she makes threaten to upend her fate and that of her island community forever… but only if she can escape alive. If you like Sarah J. Maas, Leigh Bardugo, Cassandra Clare, Dylan Farrow, Melissa Albert, Michelle Madow, Maggie Stiefvater, Shannon Hale, Kiera Cass, Kami Garcia, Carrie Anne Noble or Adrienne Young, you won't be able to put down the wildly addictive Mermaid Curse Series.

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Author Biography

M.S. Kaminsky writes young adult urban fantasy and sci-fi with dashes of suspense, mystery and romance. His most recent release, The Mermaid Curse Series, reveals the enigmatic origin of mermaids in a gripping fantasy that spans generations of women. When MSK is not writing he can be found with his husband attempting to tame the white water rapids of upstate New York or weeding in their garden. So far the rapids (and the weeds) are winning!

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An Arranged Marriage

Arranged marriages fascinate and horrify me in equal measure. The idea of pairing two strangers who are meant to spend a lifetime is difficult to wrap my mind around. It's not just my western mindset. I gather that women (and men) in the Indian community are also conflicted about it. Deciding to marry someone you've never met before is a vast deal. In the end, Marei makes a unique and different choice that will have significant consequences and change her life forever.

Book Excerpt

Alabaster Island: The Mermaid Curse

“Well, now that Ethan and Marei have graced us with their presence, let's begin.” Mrs. Caroline brushed a strand of blond hair that escaped from her bun and fanned herself. Tardiness was something she did not tolerate.

“The Binding.” Her words hung in the humid air like two thunderclouds.

Sweat beaded on my brow, and the entire room of teens seemed to cease breathing.

“As you know, several factors go into the composition of each pairing. But one factor is choice: your preferences, your predilections. You’ve had several weeks now. Who will you put in for? Today is the glorious day when your choice becomes memorialized and taken into account as best can be.”

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MS Kaminsky

Alabaster Island: The Mermaid Curse

Synopsis

Author Biography

Author Insight

An Arranged Marriage

Book Excerpt

Alabaster Island: The Mermaid Curse

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