Books in the Hearts Out of Water series

After Aidan's rash decision in Galway, Rory is left to pick up the pieces of their incomprehensible past. And Cora is determined to help him. Even after he reveals a staggering secret of his own.Confused and afraid, Cora convinces Rory there's only one thing to do now: confront the man who can answer the thousands of questions that have plagued Cora since she first met Mrs. O'Leary last summer. The man who harbors more secrets than anyone else.Seamus O'Leary.Together, Cora and Rory return to the secluded island of Inis Mor, where Cora finds herself trying to understand the man who left Mrs. O'Leary all those years ago, as well as the woman who started it all-in the form of her diary. Through Lia O'Leary's own words, Cora discovers what those early years in Oyster Beach were like.And then Rory makes a decision that will affect them all.Surrounded by the wild Atlantic waves of the Irish coast, Cora will finally come to understand the stories and years that shaped the O'Leary family, the O'Brien boys, and most especially, the boy who's stolen her heart.In The Last Secret, the mystery of the USA Today-recommended All the Tales We Tell is spectacularly unraveled.

Last summer ended in disaster for Cora. She had scurried home, terrified of the secrets she’d uncovered and afraid to be honest with the one person who most deserved it—Rory. But after a grueling year of trying desperately (and unsuccessfully) not to think about what she left behind, Cora finds a surprise on her doorstep.Rory's little brother, Aidan, has discovered the truth and recruits Cora, along with her best friend Rosie, to go with him to Ireland to explain their selkie heritage to Rory.Desperate to get back the love she couldn't face last summer, Cora agrees to go. But will Rory want to see her after the way she abandoned him?On a magical dash through the west of Ireland, following false leads and learning the all-but-forgotten myths of that wild land, Cora will learn even more about the O’Leary family than she ever imagined. And, maybe, just a little bit about herself.The magic is back in the second Hearts Out of Water novel!

"A darkly romantic beginning to what promises to be an unusual contemporary YA fantasy series." —USA TodayShe’s filthy rich. He’s not. It’ll take patience, an old woman who thinks she’s a selkie, and one salty-sweet summer on the beach to make them realize what’s between them.When Cora’s mother whisks the family away for the summer, Cora must decide between forging her future in the glimmering world of second homes where her parents belong, or getting lost in the enchanting world of the locals and the mystery surrounding a lonely old woman who claims to be a selkie—and who probably needs Cora more than anyone else. Through the fantastical tales and anguished memories of the batty Mrs. O’Leary, as well as the company of a particularly gorgeous local boy called Ronan, Cora finds an escape from the reality of planning her life after high school. But will it come at the cost of alienating Cora’s mother, who struggles with her own tragic memories? As the summer wanes, it becomes apparent that Mrs. O’Leary is desperate to leave Oyster Beach. And Ronan just may hold the answer to her tragic past—and Cora’s future.ALL THE TALES WE TELL is a sweet YA contemporary romance with a dash of Celtic magic. If you like classic boy-meets-girl stories and blurring the line between fantasy and reality, then you’ll love Annie Cosby’s magical tale of first love riddled with mythical mysteries.Buy ALL THE TALES WE TELL today to start the summer adventure that USA Today calls “darkly romantic”!