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When Alli starts to have premonitions of death, she has no idea that her own death is imminent. Jadin knows. For him, it's just another day on the job. Jadin is a Marker, an angel who has been tasked with labeling the soon-to-be deceased, and has mastered the art of leaving before they die. By now it is a tired routine, the horror of the idea long-since wrung out. Marking Alli will be easy. Merciful, even. But Alli has never done things the easy way. Disturbed by visions of death and a past she keeps buried deep, Alli is just trying to get through her Senior year. It seems possible until the night of the party, when she sees a pair of wings in the trees. Then Jadin, an ambivalent youth who seems to have stepped out of a quieter time, shows up on her doorstep. Alli has two choices: shun him for his uncivil behavior, or stop and listen to the one person she believes might understand her visions. Jadin has a choice to make too: remain trapped on Earth until Alli dies like she's supposed to, or help speed the process. It seemed cut and dried, but being around Alli is making him wonder if he really holds all the cards. Told in alternating perspectives, the dead and the dying must come together to discover what about life is worth living. -- Please watch the chapter titles to note POV--

Poseidon is a young merman prince preparing to succeed his dying father as monarch of the beautiful undersea kingdom of Pacifica. Melinda is a poor human servant girl who loves the ocean. This is their unlikely romance, told in alternating perspectives. A prequel to my novella The Siren Queen, but it also works as a stand-alone novella.