sirens (mythology)

After her sister's sudden death, seventeen-year-old Vanessa investigates a series of inexplicable drownings off the coast of Winter Harbor, Maine, and uncovers an unimaginable secret that changes everything.

Recounts the adventures of Odysseus as he encounters Circe, the Sirens, and other dangers on his long voyage home from the Trojan War.

Gemma must battle Penn to break the siren curse and secure a future with Alex.

Gemma must battle Penn to break the siren curse and secure a future with Alex.

With Penn and Lexi determined to kill Gemma and replace her with another siren, Gemma, aided by Harper and Daniel, must delve into her enemies' mythical past and darkest secrets in a last-ditch effort to protect all that she holds dear.

"Lexi is cursed with a dark secret. Each day she goes to school like a normal teenager, and each night she must swim, or the pain will be unbearable. She is a siren--a deadly mermaid destined to lure men to their watery deaths. After a terrible tragedy, Lexi shut herself off from the world, vowing to protect the ones she loves. But she soon finds herself caught between a new boy at school who may have the power to melt her icy exterior, and a handsome water spirit who says he can break Lexi's curse if she gives up everything else. Lexi is faced with the hardest decision she's ever had to make: the life she's always longed for--or the love she can't live without?"--Publisher.

In the quiet seaside town of Capri, sixteen-year-old Gemma enjoys a close bond with her sister Harper and a growing attraction to next-door neighbor with Alex, but everything changes when, after partying with newcomers Penn, Lexi, and Thea, Gemma discovers she has powers that will force a terrible choice.

With the help of Daniel, Harper is determined to get her younger sister Gemma back from the clutches of a dangerous clique of beautiful girls she has joined, and as Harper continues to search, Gemma's powers grow along with the temptation to enter her new friends' magical world.

Emily Windsnap enjoys a peaceful existence with her fellow merpeople friends on Allpoints Island, but when she learns that they need to return to Brightport, where construction projects threaten a secret mermaid community, Neptune asks the Windsnap family to solve the problem.

The crew of the "Barnacle" finds themselves entranced by an ethereal song, and only Jack, who seems unaffected by it, can defeat the mysterious force behind the dark spell.