"My name is Noelani Brimland, and I am not your darling, sweetheart."
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Noelani Brimland is an independent 22-year-old and lived a life most people would be jealous of. She had it all, money, respect, and a good career. Her job is slowly declining as times passes, tragedy strikes, and her boyfriend leaves her for her roommate. It didn't take much tempting to go on a boat tour with her best friend to Canvey Island.
From a tranquil ferry ride to being kidnapped by Peter Pan and his crew turns Noelani's world upside down. She's trapped with a blood-sucking siren who is convinced Noelani is like her, and together they end up escaping by falling off the boat in a storm. Meanwhile, her friend is stuck hostage with the Lost Boys, and Noelani finds herself stranded with Captain Hook who seem to have a knack for pushing her buttons. Despairing for her only friend, she strikes a deal. But as she dives deeply into the fabled world of Neverland, where age is flexible, she questions the motives of those around her and her origins when she finds scales and tails.
James Hook isn't a fiend, Peter Pan isn't your good boy, Tinker Bell has some dark secrets and no one wants to speak about Wendy Darling. An urban fantasy that will leave you starving for more, this twist on Peter Pan's story will leave you in the deep end.
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First Book in The Siren's Flute trilogy
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Urban fantasy twist of Peter Pan
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Ariana grew up on her father's bedtime stories-the boy who never grew up, the island of dreams, the promise of magic just out of reach. For years, she believed in Peter Pan. For years, she waited.
But belief fades. And on the eve of her seventeenth birthday, Ari is ready to let go of childish hopes.
Until Neverland comes for her.
Whisked into a world of fractured myths and dangerous wonders, Ari discovers that Pan isn't the hero of her stories-he's something far darker. Shadows follow him. Secrets bind him. And the closer Ari gets, the more she realizes Neverland itself has teeth.
Now she must decide: will she be just another lost girl in Pan's story, or will she rewrite the tale before it consumes her?
Read this story if you love:
- The dark whimsy of Caraval
- The haunting twists of The Cruel Prince
- Found families made of broken pieces
- Morally gray boys who could ruin you (and probably will)
- Heroines who stop waiting for the hero and become one themselves