The darkest secrets lie closest to home . . .

In this gothic historical fantasy, set in an Regency-inspired world, when her father dies, Merrick Darling must return to her family's ancestral home, and the sister she left behind. But there are deadly secrets lurking in the manor, which could threaten everything she holds dear.When her father dies in mysterious circumstances, Merrick Darling is summoned to her family's mist-shrouded ancestral home - which she abandoned six months prior - and Estrella, the sister she left behind.Merrick - vain and beautiful, and determined to escape their family's provincial life - doesn't plan on staying long. But the Darling Manor has changed since she went away, and not for the better. The borders - the province's main defense against the mist, and the deadly monsters that lurk within - have been failing for unknown reasons. And Estrella is different: reclusive and strange. Merrick can't shake the feeling that she's hiding something to do with their father's death - but what?Then Estrella disappears without a trace. If Merrick wants to find her sister, she'll have to dig into the history of her Manor, and the dark realities of their reign. Because someone is watching from the mist - and they'll do anything to bring down the Darlings for good . . .