Sea and Stars
About this audiobook
Some songs are worth hearing, no matter the cost.
The Isle of Skye, 1847.
When Arabella Porter, a lonely healer gifted with fairy magic, receives a mysterious letter from the past, she journeys to Mystic, Connecticut in search of the father she has never known. There she crosses paths with James Alden, a handsome shipbuilder whose shadowy history hides secrets of its own.
Both thrown together and kept apart by circumstances beyond their control, James and Arabella must reconcile their forbidden desires for each other with their loyalty to their families, their longing for choice, and their need for freedom. When Arabella’s independence stirs town gossip and suspicion, James must decide how much he is willing to sacrifice to protect her from a past far more dangerous than it seems.
Filled with Gothic imagery and Celtic folklore, Sea and Stars is a slow burn but sensual Beauty and the Beast retelling set in the real world. It is for all those who believe in the transformative power of true love.
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About the author
Kelly Jarvis teaches writing and literature at Central Connecticut State University, works as the Contributing Writer and Correspondent for The Fairy Tale Magazine, and is a Recurring Columnist for Eternal Haunted Summer. Her poetry and fiction have also been featured in A Moon of One’s Own, Baseball Bard, Blue Heron Review, Corvid Queen, Enchanted Conversation, Forget Me Not Press, Mermaids Monthly, The Chamber Magazine, The Magic of Us, and the World Weaver Press Anthology Mothers of Enchantment: New Tales of Fairy Godmothers. Her debut novella, Selkie Moon, was selected as a semi-finalist in the 2025-2026 Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship, and her Gothic historical romance, Sea and Stars, is the winner of a Literary Titan Gold Book Award. Visit her at KellyJarvisWriter.com
Jess Moran is a SOVAS Award nominated narrator, and narrator of Spotify’s #1 Indie Audiobook of 2025, A DRIZZLE OF MAGIC by S. Usher Evans, and works with both indie authors and publishers. She has narrated over 100 titles and counting, and gets a thrill out of bringing depth and range to all the characters she voices. She particularly loves a chance to narrate stories about strong women, awkward young people with gumption, shifting identities, and those shining a light on inclusivity. Jess has a BFA in Theater from Shenandoah Conservatory, and has continued her training in audiobooks with some of the best folks out there. With her love of mythological tales, her broad-cast quality home studio is fittingly titled, “Circe.” When not in the booth, you will find her in mud-caked boots, chasing her three children, or dancing (poorly, but happily).
