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The Star and the Ocean (Book 1 in the Starborn Series)

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When May Alana's wish on a star brings a stranger to her remote island home, the pair must survive a deadly magical conflict in order to be together.
 
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When May Alana, a scorned and anxiety-ridden young woman, finds a stranger on the beach of her remote island home, she wonders if this is the adventurous, accepting, and loving answer to her otherwise cloistered life. But as the pair grow closer, the stranger entrusts May with her brilliant secret: that she is half-Star in possession of otherworldly powers, and that a violent group of Star worshippers are out to destroy her. So if they want any chance of being together, they'll have to survive a deadly conflict between humans and mythological creatures first.

THE STAR AND THE OCEAN is Book 1 in the Starborn Series
Book 2: THE WIND AND THE HORIZON
Book 3: THE FIRE AND THE SKY

Cover illustration by Brittany Willows (@BrittanyMWillows)

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[[Wattpad LGBT Book of the Month]]

[[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]All Rights Reserved

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