Pulse

by Tricia Rayburn

The sirens are back, but Vanessa may be the biggest threat of all . . . a Nothinga has been normal since Vanessa Sands learned that her sister wasa murdered by sirens - femme fatales of the watery depths - and thata everything she believed about herself and her family was a lie. Vanessaa has always told her boyfriend Simon everything. But she worries that ifa he finds out who - or what - she truly is, he'll run a mile. To makea things worse, when Parker, Hawthorne Prep's resident charmer, shows ana interest in her, she can't resist the siren's urge to stray. And on topa of all this, she's trying to be strong for her parents as they come toa terms with her sister's death. a But personal problems must be puta aside, because the Winter Harbor sirens are back for revenge. Nowa Vanessa must face her past and accept that she is just like her enemies -a every bit as alluring and every bit as dangerous."

390 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 2, 2012

About the author

Tricia Rayburn lives on eastern Long island with her fiancé and crazy shih tzu. She tries to eat vegetables instead of candy but, in her weaker moments, loves Reese's Pieces. The Melting of Maggie Bean is her first novel.