New York City, 1911. Seamstress Frances Hallowell spends her days stitching gowns and mourning her brother’s mysterious death—until the night a man attacks her, and she kills him without understanding how. Her weapon? A pair of sewing scissors and a burst of impossible magic.
Before she can face the gallows, two strangers whisk her away to Haxahaven Sanitarium—a secret school for witches hidden behind polite society’s lace curtains. Inside, Frances discovers friendship, forbidden spells, and a boy who visits her dreams promising truths she’s desperate to uncover.
But power always has a price. When an ancient order seeks to control Manhattan’s magic, Frances must decide whether to protect her city—or chase vengeance that could destroy it.
Every spell demands sacrifice.
