Caraway of the Sea (Phoenix Rising #1)

by Madeline Burget

I felt a strange kinship to the flame. I knew what it was like to constantly fend off the shadows that dwelled within others’ hearts.

A secret only remained a secret if it was held by one person.

Dancing always had a way of putting people in vulnerable positions, although it also had a way of revealing one’s true intentions.

Storms could be both beautiful and utterly devastating all at the same time.

I was not adrift, lost to the sea. To this man I was not my brother’s sister, or the nightmare, or some nameless castaway. Who did he see with those eyes that called to me like the tumultuous tide he’d just pulled me from?

“Don’t let someone who doesn’t value you beat down your confidence until there is nothing left.”

Family isn't just the people you share blood with.