Trapped in a spreading web of darkness, the power of an ancient book might be their only hope.Mary Sparrow was cursed at birth, and the bawdy house is the only home she’s ever known. Like most of the girls, she dreams of escape. But when an old man drives her friend to madness, she swears she will have her revenge.Toby Chyrche also hopes for a better future, away from the tailor’s shop where his fate seems set in stone. Then a fateful meeting seems to promise freed...

On a bitter winter night on Bankside, young fortune-teller Sarah Stone foresees an unimaginable fate: a new stage play has awoken dark forces that will lead to her death. Terrified, she begs the playwright to abandon it. But he refuses, convinced the play is one of his best.Misfortune haunts the days that follow, and Sarah turns to her charismatic cousin Tom for help. But she cannot know that Tom keeps troubling secrets of his own, and when his seduction of a fellow actor sparks mu...

In a realm where the shadows whisper secrets, her quest for the truth becomes a battle for survival.Kate Winter is desperate for a more exciting life. So when a fortune teller reveals that her family is guarding dark secrets, she embarks on a daring voyage to uncover the past. But she soon discovers the fortune teller is hiding secrets of her own, and she has put herself in danger of a horrifying fate.Alone and penniless in a city that is strange to her, she goes t...