Compass and Blade by Rachel Greenlaw

Compass and Blade by Rachel GreenlawThis world of sea and storm runs deep with bargains and blood. On the remote isle of Rosevear, Mira, like her mother before her, is a wrecker, one of the seven on the rope who swim out to shipwrecks to plunder them. Miras job is to rescue survivors, if there are any. After all, she never feels the cold of the frigid ocean waters and the waves seem to sing to her soul. But the people of Rosevear never admit the truth: that they set the beacons

all willing to share me as their plaything until my debt to them is paid

Make that impossible

The Isle of Cadence has always held itself and its residents in a tenuous balance

and she finds herself unwittingly enchanted by him

Once the most promising hockey player in the junior league

parts of myself were brought to the light

But the journey is dangerous

she realizes he might take her heart after all

Her endeavor to escape caused the bids to come in hard and fast

In a world ruled by vampires

Alice offers her a nanny position at Lovelace House

Kembral Thorne is spending a few hours away from her newborn