To Kill a Curse: 1 (A Lingering Sea Novel)

Would you touch the one you loved even if it might kill them? Antonio a merchant sailor has no idea how dangerous Fina Perona is when he rescues her from drowning in the middle of the Lingering Sea. His ship is headed to the home Fina just abandoned carrying desperately needed payment for her fathers prized wine stores. Pirates attack and as Antonio and Fina escape the clutches of slavery she steals back her familys small fortune from the pirate captains quarters. Fina doesnt need Antonios protection shes more dangerous than he could ever be but she needs his experience as a navigator and agrees to give him a cut of the payment in exchange for his help. Returning the money is the only way Fina knows how to atone for inadvertently killing her own brother but what she doesnt realize is before Antonio was a sailor he was a thief. While threats of curses witches bandits pirates and traitors are all very real Fina and Antonio are the most dangerous players in this story of true love and betrayal. Will they become each others demise or salvation as they set out to find redemption and to kill a curse?