Fantasy romance by an author acclaimed for her remarkable world-building and compelling love stories

Kathryne Kennedy's award-winning first book, now available for the first time to the trade market, features a magical, watery world in which mammoth trees grow up from the ocean floor, supporting all life within their canopy. In spite of the beauty and abundance, the world is harshly divided into two classes: pampered royalty and struggling have-nots. In search of a Healer for her swampland village, smuggler Mahri Zin inadvertently kidnaps the heir to the throne, Korl Com'nder. As the two become lovers, they discover that not only are their fates intertwined, but the very survival of their peoples depends on them...

"In a single word, 'Wow '... Kathryne Kennedy's computer must smolder from the power she creates in her stories I simply cannot describe how awesome or how thrilling I found this novel to be... If you love romance and fantasy... you will not be disappointed." -"Huntress Reviews"