Emmy Adamea

Shipped off to a mysterious boarding school tucked away in the far corners of England for being a stain on her family’s honour, seventeen-year-old Dorothee De Loughrey never imagined that the haunting whispers of death she’d heard since childhood were anything but fragments of her imagination. Everything changes when an incident draws her into her roommate's inner circle—a group of misfits whose wealthy families are too ashamed to acknowledge them as their heirs. Dorothee never believed she’d find others her age who share her burden. On Samhain, when the veil between worlds is thinnest, a restless spirit attempts to claim Dorothee’s life. She’s saved by Archer Kingstone, the brooding boy who has made his disdain for her clear from the start. A bitter truth, given the unexplainable longing she feels whenever he’s near. Archer leads her to a hidden sanctuary beneath the school’s library, a place built centuries ago for people like her, those who can see beyond the veil. Dorothee is stunned to learn of the legacy left by her great-aunt, who died in an accident at the school fifty years ago, alongside her lover. Now, forced to team up with Archer and the others, Dorothee must solve the riddles tied to the legacy and uncover the source of their curse before history repeats itself. What Dorothee doesn’t know is that Archer Kingstone is prophesied to be her ruin.

“Come my flower, lay your lips on mine, and all the wounds will heal, all the pain will disappear, and our hearts will be at peace. Come and free our bruised and trapped souls.” Matilda Avril and Kayden Kidd are best friends for eternity. They have always been each other’s safe place, right next door. But grief can separate friendships. Tillie’s mother died in a car crash when she was just seven years old, leaving behind a two-year-old son and a daughter who had to grow up too soon when her father turned to alcohol. Living turned into surviving. The beautiful flower started to wilt. Kayden’s life had seemed so easy, his trust fund money and his famous family name, and yet no one could see what was going on behind closed walls. He told no one, not even his best friend, the forbidden flower he secretly loved most in this world. Kayden and Tillie’s story is an adventure across the country filled with secrets and memories with their friends. Will Kayden’s plan to make his best friend start living again work, or will the secret of their journey destroy everything?