Tina Wolstencroft
6) The hill
This is the third part of the Dark Sea Academy trilogy, and if you haven't read Mermaid's Song, you'll want to do that first. The following description contains spoilers for the first books...
Every other princess prepares to rule her kingdom after her father's death. Me? I have to get ready to rule all underwater kingdoms—after killing my father.
I already fulfilled the prophecy once. Kind of. I have no interest in killing again.
But
Most family ties are silken threads. Others are literally handcuffs.
Kenzi Brannon thinks most of her problems are behind her until she gets a call from the local jail. Her mother, a proven killer, is being released due to overcrowding. Blood takes care of blood, so there is no turning Regina away.
She returns to live at Brannon House.
A haunted house.
A house reputedly so cursed, some neighbors want it
...Some questions are better left unasked.
Like whose blood is on the knife upstairs.
Kenzi Brannon's life was turned completely upside down when she moved into her family's abandoned home to raise her niece. Problems compound when her aging mother starts to remember things.
And clues the police find regarding the knife don't match anything Kenzi knows about her family.
Things go from bad to worse when she and her niece discover
...How many secrets can one house hide?
Kenzi Brannon has always dreaded going down to the dark basement of the old Brannon house she grew up in. Now an adult, she's returned home to find her apprehension has intensified. She avoids that locked door and the secrets beyond in hope that ignoring the problem will keep long-forgotten horrors buried.
A neighbor's obsession with her house and history has rekindled Kenzi's old
...12) Mermaid's Song
My life as I know it is over.
And no, I'm not being dramatic. I've been living as a human, but now I have to return to my mermaid roots because my dad is the new king of Valora. As soon as we arrive, he sends me to the Dark Sea Academy. Whispers and glares greet me at every turn. Students accuse my dad of killing the previous king, his brother.
My first night, the most popular girl tries to kill me. I barely escape,
...Within a sordid history full of deadly secrets, no one can be trusted—not even family.
No one is more mysterious than the reclusive Brannon family, descended from the town founders. When Claire, the eldest daughter and driven lawyer, is found dead from an apparent suicide, her free-spirited sister Kenzi rushes home determined to uncover the truth about this shocking act.
Still haunted by their
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