The Emerald Series by Kimberly James

Charms fade... "You don't have to choose. You can be both. The girl with the charm, the girl without. They both suit you."  Caris Harper lives a charmed life. Literally. When her dad offers to take her to the Emerald coast of Florida for summer vacation, Caris jumps at the chance. The chance to get answers to questions she's always been too afraid to ask. The chance to be normal... moreCharms fade... "You don't have to choose. You can be both. The girl with the charm, the girl without. They both suit you."  Caris Harper lives a charmed life. Literally. When her dad offers to take her to the Emerald coast of Florida for summer vacation, Caris jumps at the chance. The chance to get answers to questions she's always been too afraid to ask. The chance to be normal. Isn't that what her dreams have been telling her, that here in the place of her birth she can be normal? But from the first moment the wind caresses her face and the sun touches her skin, the charm begins to fade, revealing a girl Caris never knew existed, one that is anything but normal. The long-buried Song that awakens is only the beginning of a transformation that will challenge her ideas about loyalty and family. Noah Jacobs is a waterbreather--a species of human fully adaptable to life in the water. Like his older brother Jamie, Noah wants to prove they can use their abilities and be heroes in service to their country. When a simple mission goes wrong and Jamie goes missing, Noah exiles himself to the Deep in a desperate search. MIA is a classification Noah is not ready to accept. But instinct can't be ignored. Not when he hears her Song. Caris is not what he expects and Noah is determined to get her out of his head. Instead he finds himself acting as her mentor and the more time they spend together, the more Noah realizes he just wants Caris. When a startling truth threatens their newly formed trust, Noah straddles the line between love and obsession while Caris struggles to find a balance between the girl she thought she was and the young woman she wants to be. less

Caris Harper. A young woman fighting for control. Noah Jacobs. The boy who makes her want to lose it. Caris is determined not to let a little thing like discovering she’s another species of human ruin her senior year of high school. But her quest for ordinary is thwarted by haunting dreams and the storms they invoke; an out-of-control power too seductive for comfort and much too dangerous. As her bond with Noah deepens, new problems ignite... moreCaris Harper. A young woman fighting for control. Noah Jacobs. The boy who makes her want to lose it. Caris is determined not to let a little thing like discovering she’s another species of human ruin her senior year of high school. But her quest for ordinary is thwarted by haunting dreams and the storms they invoke; an out-of-control power too seductive for comfort and much too dangerous. As her bond with Noah deepens, new problems ignite. For Caris, the mere thought of Noah can conjure a thunderstorm. One touch from him can send the sky into chaos. After a life-threatening incident, Caris is forced to seek the help of her father, Athen Kelley, the one man she has vowed to avoid. Athen enables Caris to see herself as extraordinary and offers her the chance to take the thing she has come to want most—a place in her new tribe. Only the price might be too great if it pits the two most important men in her life against each other. On a night that promises to fulfill her dreams, tragedy strikes in the form of ultimate betrayal, and Caris’s world is shattered. Embracing a power that at once frightens and thrills her, Caris must decide how far she will go to protect those she loves. Even if it means pushing them away. less

After tragic events robbed her of the love of her young life and the baby she carried, eighteen-year-old Erin Shaw is ready to move on. Erin has something to prove, not to anyone else, but to herself. Focused on volleyball and grades, Erin’s goal is to get through senior year of high school and then she’s shaking off her coastal town along with and the smells and sounds of the ocean that act as constant reminders of what will never be. The one thing Erin isn’t interested in is a boy... moreAfter tragic events robbed her of the love of her young life and the baby she carried, eighteen-year-old Erin Shaw is ready to move on. Erin has something to prove, not to anyone else, but to herself. Focused on volleyball and grades, Erin’s goal is to get through senior year of high school and then she’s shaking off her coastal town along with and the smells and sounds of the ocean that act as constant reminders of what will never be. The one thing Erin isn’t interested in is a boy. She’s been down that road and it ended in heartbreak. But when Erin bumps into Michael Bray, the local basketball hero—who’s one part geek and one part jock—it’s all she can do to resist his understated charm. Their budding friendship quickly spirals into something deeper and after one kiss on a moonlit beach, Erin rediscovers something she thought she lost forever—hope. But if Erin has learned one truth, it’s not to get too comfortable because everything can change in an instant. And one instant is all it takes for her past to come crashing back into her life with an all-consuming force. Now her future seems not entirely in her control, and Erin is faced with the impossible choice between remaining true to a vow she once made or remaining true to the young woman she’s become. less