Eureka Boudreaux´s mother drilled that rule into her daughter years ago. But now her mother is gone, and everywhere Eureka goes he is there: Ander, the tall, pale blond boy who seems to know things he shouldn´t, who tells Eureka she is in grave danger, who comes closer to making her cry than anyone has before.áBut Ander doesn´t know Eureka´s darkest secret: ever since her mother drowned in a freak accident, Eureka wishes she were dead, too. She has little left that she cares about, just her oldest friend, Brooks, and a strange inheritance-a locket, a letter, a mysterious stone, and an ancient book no one understands. The book contains a haunting tale about a girl who got her heart broken and cried an entire continent into the sea-and something about the story is uncannily familiar.áEureka is about to discover that the ancient tale is more than a story, that Ander might be telling the truth... and that her life has far darker undercurrents than she ever imagined.áFrom Lauren Kate comes an epic saga of heart-stopping romance, devastating secrets, and dark magic... a world where everything you love can be washed away.