A warded manor. A very inconvenient corpse. And a cat with opinions.

After a high-profile corporate scandal, Mavis Vale escapes to her late aunt’s Victorian manor in the too-charming town of Thornwood. Planning to organize the estate, sell it, and never look back.

Instead, she finds herself running an apothecary that is older than the house, arguing with Dividend (a cat who offers unsolicited commentary), and pretending the house doesn’t hum under her hands.

When a body is found on her property, Mavis’s tidy exit plan disappears along with her alibi. To clear her name, she’s forced to rely on an unlikely team: a cat who knows more than he shares, a trio of observant town grandmothers, and a growing instinct for magic she doesn’t understand.

As boundary stones vanish and the wards begin to strain, it becomes clear someone isn’t just interested in the property. They’re unraveling the wards that protect it..

If she fails, Mavis won’t just lose the manor. She’ll lose the legacy she didn’t know she wanted.

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