Sorcha thought her last summer before high school would be simple: time with friends, warm days at home, and the familiar freedom she was not ready to give up. Instead, she is taken across the country to Heatherhedge, her family's decaying ancestral estate hidden deep in the Carolina woods. From the moment she arrives, the house feels wrong. Its halls seem watchful, its portraits too knowing, and its locked rooms suggest secrets that have been waiting far too long to be found.
As Sorcha settles into Heatherhedge, she is drawn into a world where magic is real, spirits do not rest, and old legends refuse to stay buried. With Robbie and Isadora beside her, she begins searching for answers, following clues hidden in forgotten rooms, family stories, and a mysterious book that seems to understand more than any book should.
But Heatherhedge's secrets are not harmless. Each discovery pulls Sorcha deeper into the strange power surrounding the estate and closer to the truth her family tried to leave behind. The more she uncovers, the more she realizes that her inheritance is not just a house, a name, or a forgotten past. It is a mystery tied to magic, memory, and danger.
Some truths were never meant to be found, and Sorcha may not be ready for what Heatherhedge has been keeping. But the secrets have already begun to stir, and this is only the beginning.