He set out to transform her… but she will undo him.

Lucasta Lithwick never asked to be fashionable. She only wanted to make music. But duty calls her to London to chaperone her cousin through a glittering Season—and into the path of Jeremiah Falstead, the new Lord Rudyard, whose cutting remarks earn him the nickname “Smart Jeremy.” When Lucasta dares to answer back, she becomes the target of his revenge. His plan? To turn her, the Season’s most unlikely wallflower, into its shining star.

Lyra Moore has spent years keeping a low profile in Orchard Hollow. Sure, she’s a fairy, but she much prefers running the Mistbrook Manor Funeral Home to getting tangled up in magic. Unfortunately, trouble seems to have a way of finding her—especially when it involves the dearly departed.

When a retired librarian is found strangled with silk yarn in the middle of the local crochet club’s weekly meeting, everyone is quick to call it a tragic accident. But Lyra’s gut tells her otherwise, and her cursed, talking cat Theo (who has far too many opinions) agrees. The victim had just uncovered a long-lost crochet pattern rumored to hold a valuable secret—and it seems someone was willing to kill to get their hands on it.

Cadence "Cady" Bloomquist knows two things for sure: First, shelving books at her shop, Nevermore Bookstore, totally counts as cardio. Second, staying late every Thursday night to take a certain mysterious customer's order is not the same as waiting by the phone for some man.

Until.

Until her calls with the man who identifies himself only as "Fox" become the highlight of her week. Which leaves her to wonder, if his jagged velvet voice can kindle her fire over the phone, what sort of alchemy might it inspire if they met in person?