Margot "DeRieux" and Vivian "Turner" find themselves on the Chesapeake shores in human form after Hurricane Irene sweeps them far from their royal home in paradise. They have no choice but to attend the boarding school where providence has given them lodging. But something isn't quite normal here. The mermaids-in-disguise cannot fully hide their strangeness, yet they are not the only ones who hint at the odd. Through various adventures, mishaps, and occasional near-death-experiences, Vivian and Margot discover that life around them is not what it appears to be.