A lush and twisted dark fairy tale suffused with witchcraft; dark secrets and bitter revenge from the award-winning author of All the Murmuring Bones. Exquisite; haunting and at times brutal; readers of Naomi Novik and Erin Morgenstern will be entranced. Asher Todd comes to live with the mysterious Morwood family as a governess to their children. Asher knows little about being a governess but she is skilled in botany and herbcraft; and perhaps more than that. And she has secrets of her own; dark and terrible - and Morwood is a house that eats secrets. With a monstrous revenge in mind; Asher plans to make it choke. However; she becomes fond of her charges; of the people of the Tarn; and she begins to wonder if she will be able to execute her plan - and who will suffer most if she does. But as the ghosts of her past become harder to control; Asher realises she has no choice. From the author of All the Murmuring Bones; dark magic; retribution and twisted family secrets combine to weave a bewitching and beautifully written gothic fairy tale.