Our Wicked Gifts

Blending romantic peril with escalating stakes and a steady stream of revelations, Foxfield (Getting Away with Murder) delivers a paranormal murder mystery steeped in tension and spectacle. Empowered by a generations-old pact with the devil, the white-cued, London-based Winter family has amassed extraordinary wealth and influence through supernatural abilities that are tied to a dangerous alternate realm known as the Ruin. When 19-year-old Cicely’s uncle is murdered on the family estate, it becomes clear that someone is targeting the Winters and threatening to dismantle their empire. Determined to prove her worth to her mother, Cicely plunges into the Ruin to track down the killer. Her investigation repeatedly leads her to teenage Soren, a ghost who dwells within the Ruin, having been sacrificed by the Winters in a ritual four years earlier. As Cicely and Soren become locked in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse and the death toll rises around them, their intermittent encounters ignite a volatile mix of attraction and suspicion. The deeper into the Ruin Cicely goes, the more she uncovers the sinister truths beneath her family’s polished exterior, forcing her to reckon with the cost of their power and her place among them. Gratifyingly thorny family dynamics and a case of forbidden love inject high drama into an intriguing, whirlwind narrative. Ages 14–up. Agents: Chloe Seager, Madeleine Milburn Literary. (July)