title: Taken by the Thief
author: Wilde, Amelia (1)
description: In the center of a sparkling sea lies an ocean on which four families vie for power and resources. They survive by building to claim territory, trading with one another to garner the necessary resources, and settling as many villages as they can. Gwen, released from the trader's bondage, is making her way across the island to return home when she encounters a figure she never dreamed was real: The Thief. Everything feels so wrong, so right, so terrifying, so exhilarating. It's only one night, but The Thief shows her a new world of rapture. When she wakes in the morning, Gwen finds that she's all grown up…and when she returns home to Jacob, she'll never be the same.