A dark romantic fantasy from the author of Brightfall.

In 1909, in a California that never was, a creature in a tan frock coat watches Etta from the top of a mountain....

Deep in the old growth redwoods of Northern California, a coven of forest witches guard the trees, the plants, and the creatures who depend on the forest. Etta Erwin is the youngest witch in the Mendocino Coven, born with more earth magic at her core than any witch in over five generations. By tradition, she's her grandmother's heir, destined to lead the coven when Milly steps down. None of that explains why a powerful magic user, a stranger, first tries to kill her, and then won't stop watching her from the mountaintop.

Wyatt John Erwin was born with a sorcerer's power, but was never trained and most of that power is out of his reach. Etta is the center of his life, and he's determined to find a way to end the threat, no matter what that takes. But the second time the stranger attacks, he goes after Wyatt too. One of the coven witches sends a message to the Russian sorcerer's colony near Fort Ross, asking for help. Help arrives in the form of Sebastian Stefanovich Sokolov, one of the most powerful sorcerers on the West Coast.

Etta and Wyatt's life will never be the same. Long buried secrets and betrayals are unearthed, the danger grows, and the true nature of the threat is revealed.
There's love and joy too, lost family found, and a wish fulfilled.

And through both the good and the bad, Etta and Wyatt hold on to each other, and remember the secret is to never let go....