Orphaned as a baby, nineteen-year-old Signa has been raised by a string of guardians, each more interested in her wealth than her wellbeing - and each has met an untimely end. Her remaining relatives are the elusive Hawthornes, an eccentric family living at Thorn Grove, an estate both glittering and gloomy. Soon Signa realizes that the family she depends on could be in grave danger, and enlists the help of a surly stable boy to hunt down the killer... 14+ A New York Times bestselling gothic fantasy romance.