National bestselling author Barb Hendee presents a dark, fascinating new world and the story of two sisters who will discover they have far more power than they ever envisioned.... In a small village in the nation of Droevinka, orphaned sisters C line and Amelie Fawe scrape out a living selling herbal medicines in their apothecary shop. C line earns additional money by posing as a seer and pretending to read people's futures.
But they exist in a land of great noble houses, all vying for power, and when the sisters refuse the orders of a warlord prince, they must flee and are forced to depend on the warlord prince's brother, Anton, for a temporary haven.
A series of bizarre deaths of pretty young girls is plaguing the village surrounding Prince Anton's castle. He offers C line and Amelie permanent protection if they can use their "skills" to find the killer.
With little choice, the sisters enter a world unknown to them--of fine gowns and banquets and advances from powerful men. Their survival depends on catching a murderer who appears to walk through walls and vanish without a trace--and the danger grows with each passing night.