Clare Lancaster, a member of the Arcane Society, a clandestine group dedicated to psychic research and investigation, is a virtual human lie detector, a talent that is both convenient and dangerous when she teams up with fellow psychic Jake Salter to figure out who killed Clare's brother-in-law, and who is trying to take over the society.

In this new Arcane Society novel set in Victorian England, Leona Hewitt, a gifted crystal worker, isn't the only one sneaking into Lord Delbridge's private museum to recover a relic. Thaddeus Ware, a mesmerist with psychic gifts, is on a similar mission. Neither one of them has any idea that this relic--a rare ancient crystal--will lead them in a deadly chase where danger and desire await.

Consulting on the investigation into a lord's murder, botanist Lucinda Bromley realizes that a poison can be traced back to her, prompting her to hire fellow Arcane Society member Caleb Jones to keep her name out of the investigation and to find the murderer.

Hallucination-prone crime lord Griffin Winters believes he has been struck with the Winters Curse and engages in a dangerous psychic experiment with the mysterious Adelaide Pyne, who holds Nicholas Winters' missing lamp.

Scargill Cove is the perfect place for Fallon Jones, confirmed recluse and investigator of the paranormal. Now someone else has been drawn to the Cove: Isabella Valdez, who is on the run from some very dangerous men. When she starts working as Fallon's assistant, Isabella impresses him by organizing his pathologically chaotic office. But after a routine case unearths an antique clock, Fallon and Isabella are dragged into the secret history of Scargill...

Charlotte Enright, having returned to the island of Rainshadow fifteen years after she and Slade Attridge ventured into the Preserve to run her aunt's antiques shop and been reunited with Slade, can tell from his aura that something is not right, but still finds herself strongly attracted to him, and, going back into the darkness of the Preserve with him after a series of violent crimes.