A heart-pounding fantasy adventure following a young botanical prodigy who suddenly inherits powers from an Irish magical bloodline she never knew existed.

Sixteen-year-old Quinn has spent eight years waiting for her rare corpse flower to bloom—a rotting, magnificent obsession that earns her more stares than friends in her small Minnesota town. Her summer spirals into chaos when an ancient ring breaks her family’s binding spell and awakens her clairvoyant sight into the world of plants. But her new powers come at a cost: she’s now on the psychic radar of Neris,, a Victorian ancestor who has been hunting the bloodline across generations. Skilled in black magic and lethal poison, Neris has coveted the ring’s power since childhood. To use its magic for her own dark agenda, she must first breach time itself to kill Quinn—the ring’s current Keeper.

To hone her magic and protect herself from Neris, Quinn travels to a secluded family community in the Oregon forest, where she discovers a hidden portal that may be the key to defeating her. But as she falls into an unexpected romance and deeper into Faervault’s intoxicating magic, Quinn must master her powers and interpret her visions before Neris destroys her—and her bloodline—forever.

This standalone with series potential combines botanical magic, Irish folklore, and the intrigue of elite Victorian poisonings in a mystical Pacific Northwest setting. It will appeal to readers who enjoy the nature-based magic of Rachel Griffin’s The Nature of Witches, the poison intrigue of Judy I. Lin’s A Magic Steeped in Poison, and the Gothic family secrets of Netflix’s Wednesday.

Character illustrations by Roscheri Art. Below: Quinn going through the Door in the Fernwood—a portal in an oak tree that leads to a realm of plant spirits that overlay the Earth.