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In 1663, Oshun was summoned by Queen Aimee as she lay dying in the rice fields. A high priestess in her homeland of Angola, Queen Aimee was captured and sold to a plantation on a sea island off the coast of Georgia. Beaten, starved, and worked to death Queen Aimee prayed that the Goddess would save her child. Oshun answered her call, sweeping a yellow fever across the island that ravaged the cruel masters and their overseers.

Emberly won’t go anywhere near water. Not since she drowned. She has no memory of her experience, and no idea how breath returned to her body, but the sea spirit who saved her hasn’t forgotten. And when Emberly unknowingly breaks their contract...he leaves the ocean for the first time. The dynamic introduction to an anthology of Fairy Tales for Sun-Kissed Women. Infused with myth and seasoned with whimsy, Emberly, is a fantastical reimagining of a classic story for a modern audience.