Lingering Sea Series by Jennifer Jenkins

Would you touch the one you loved, even if it might kill them? Antonio, a merchant sailor, has no idea how dangerous Fina Perona is when he rescues her from drowning in the middle of the Lingering Sea. His ship is headed to the home Fina just abandoned, carrying desperately needed payment for her father's prized wine stores. Pirates attack, and as Antonio and Fina escape the clutches of slavery, she steals back her family's small fortune from the pirate captain's quarters... moreWould you touch the one you loved, even if it might kill them? Antonio, a merchant sailor, has no idea how dangerous Fina Perona is when he rescues her from drowning in the middle of the Lingering Sea. His ship is headed to the home Fina just abandoned, carrying desperately needed payment for her father's prized wine stores. Pirates attack, and as Antonio and Fina escape the clutches of slavery, she steals back her family's small fortune from the pirate captain's quarters. Fina doesn't need Antonio's protection, she's more dangerous than he could ever be, but she needs his experience as a navigator and agrees to give him a cut of the payment in exchange for his help. Returning the money is the only way Fina knows how to atone for inadvertently killing her own brother, but what she doesn't realize is, before Antonio was a sailor, he was a thief. While threats of curses, witches, bandits, pirates, and traitors are all very real, Fina and Antonio are the most dangerous players in this story of true love and betrayal. Will they become each other’s demise or salvation as they set out to find redemption and to kill a curse? less

When Ana fails at her duties as a tree guardian, she opens the door for dark magic to take hold of the Mother Tree--the source of all magic in the region. An evil force moves throughout the Lingering Sea and no witch is safe. Ana must turn to Carlo, the grandson of her best friend and missing key to saving the tree and righting her wrongs. Unfortunately, Carlo's sanity sits on a razor's edge and may lead to the salvation or destruction of all magic... moreWhen Ana fails at her duties as a tree guardian, she opens the door for dark magic to take hold of the Mother Tree--the source of all magic in the region. An evil force moves throughout the Lingering Sea and no witch is safe. Ana must turn to Carlo, the grandson of her best friend and missing key to saving the tree and righting her wrongs. Unfortunately, Carlo's sanity sits on a razor's edge and may lead to the salvation or destruction of all magic. The solution sits firmly between order and chaos. less