
When Pike makes a particularly hurtful comment, Iris concocts a cruel torment for him.

And while she loves working at the wildlife refuge she runs with her mother, she loathes Pike Alder, the witch-hating aspiring ornithologist who interns with them.

Now settled in Washington, Iris hides who she really is and vents her frustrations by writing curses she never intends to cast. It doesn't matter that the Witches' Council found her innocent or that her magic was once viewed as a marvel-that night on the lake changed everything. When eighteen-year-old witch Iris Gray accidentally enacts a curse that could have dire consequences, she must journey through the Pacific Northwest wilderness with a boy who hates witches to make sure her magic isn't unleashed on the world.Īfter a night of magic turns deadly, Iris Gray vows to never let another person learn she's a witch.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nature of Witches comes another immersive, high-stakes contemporary fantasy.
