Solving her best friend’s murder means infiltrating a secret society, resisting a forbidden love, and running from a vengeful ghost in this sophomore novel by the author of Together We Rot.

Violet Harper knows her best friend was murdered. Even if everyone else has labeled her death a freak accident, Vi is sure shed been trying to tell her something right before she died. Cryptic messages about her friends elite boarding school, her whirlwind romance, and the mysterious secret society she was entangled in all point to a more sinister fate.

So, Violet does what no one else seems willing to do: She transfers to the same fancy school to dig into the societys murky history and find out what really happened to her friend. She knows the truth might not be pretty, but what she doesnt bargain for is the handsome boy at the center of it allCalvin Lockwell, the brother of her prime suspect and descendant of the schools founder. Hes obnoxious and privileged, and Violet cant deny their haunting attraction. It soon becomes clear his family is hiding a dark secret that may not be of this world, and suddenly Violets following her friends doomed footsteps down the rabbit hole. Even as details emerge of a deadly curse plaguing the school, she cant escape her true feelings for Calvin. But loving him may be the last thing she ever does.