A dark window

Once upon a time, there was a sensible and prudent girl who lived in the shadows, deep in the forest. Elspeth Spindl needs more than just simple luck to stay safe in the eerie, foggy realm of Blunder – she needs a monster. But everything comes at a price, especially magic. When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, her life takes an unexpected turn. For the highwayman is none other than Raven Yu – the King's eldest nephew, leader of the Old Wolves, Blunder's most dangerous men, and guilty of high treason. As the two of them become entangled in a world of shadows and deceit to heal Blunder from the dark magic that infects it, Elspeth risks revealing her darkest secret – the Nightmare slowly taking over her mind.