A stunningly written, lush dark fantasy perfect for fans of A Curse So Dark and Lonely and Uprooted.

Violeta Graceling has spent her life trying to protect herself and her brother Arien
from their adoptive mother's twisted cruelty; a cruelty driven by the mysterious
shadows that spill from Arien's unwitting hands, and speak of dark magic. To
escape, they take a position at the estate of Rowan Sylvanan?the so-called "Monster
of Lakesedge??who comes seeking Arien's power. Rowan, it is whispered, stalks the
halls of his manor and the shores of the blackened, cursed lake.