The River Immortals Series

Eighteen-year-old Kasia Maier planned to spend her summer studying turtles in the sand prairie, not trudging through fearsome backwaters with her new coworker, Blayne. And when a monster drags Blayne into the Mississippi River, Kasia never expected herself to jump in after him. She saves him, but soon she's discovering the monstrous in other places . . . including herself. Now she's wavering on the edge between a dwindling humanity and a dreadful immortality. The river is tempting one moment, terrifying the next. She doesn't understand who she is or where she belongs. Blayne, the one person with the potential to help her, is also the hardest to resist. If she can't stop her own transformation into a river spirit, he will be her first victim. And that's just the beginning—even greater threats are lurking in the shadows. Combining the Illinois setting of Thomson Causeway and the scariest of Slavic mythology, RIVER'S EDGE will make you question everything you know about nature, evil, and redemption.

The granddaughter of a legend inherits a fatal love story in this highly anticipated sequel to River's Edge. . . . . . . My name is Kasia Maier. Most girls my age are preparing for college, learning at summer jobs, and trying not to mess up dates. Not me. I'm preparing for life underwater, learning that my voice hypnotizes people, and trying not to kill guys with a kiss. I'm still human. . . for now. Several things could change that in the next few days: 1. The clan of rusalki I'm leading could orchestrate my death.  2. A vindictive forest spirit might decide that revenge is too sweet to resist. 3. The river spirit lurking inside my body could turn me into a monster. 4. I might accidentally kill the boy I love because I hunger for his breath—all his breath. Even if I avoid these possibilities, I only have a week before my rusalka genes take over my humanity, rendering me an undead siren who feeds on men. My life isn't a Slavic fairy tale—it's a horror story in the river's deep. I have no idea how I will escape alive.