
Evie and her sisters must master the power of the Talisman before it is too late. The Wyldcliffe coven is plotting to destroy Evie and use Sebastian to secure their own immortality. Surrounded by enemies, she lives every day in fear that Sebastian will fall into the darkness of servitude to the Unconquered Lords. Now Evie returns to Wyldcliffe for another term and more danger. Above all, Evie’s love for Sebastian has turned her world upside down. When Evie Johnson started at Wyldcliffe Abbey School for Young Ladies, her life changed in ways she couldn’t possibly have envisioned: the discovery of her link with Lady Agnes, her special bond with Helen and Sarah, and their sisterhood in the astonishing secrets of the Mystic Way.

And there are the Betrayals that break hearts, destroy worlds, and turn the strong sweet light of day into bitter dust. There are the small Betrayals: the unkind word, the petty lies. Gillian Shields’s electrifying tale will dazzle readers with suspense, mysticism, and romance.

And as the extraordinary, elemental forces of Wyldcliffe rise up like the mighty sea, Evie is faced with an astounding truth about Sebastian, and her own incredible fate. Evie is slowly drawn into a tangled web of past and present that she cannot control. And she is haunted by glimpses of a strange, ghostly girl a girl who is so eerily like Evie, she could be a sister.

As Evie’s feelings for Sebastian grow with each secret meeting, she starts to fear that he is hiding something about his past. Strict teachers, snobbish students, and the oppressive atmosphere of Wyldcliffe leave Evie drowning in loneliness.Įvie’s only lifeline is Sebastian, a rebellious, mocking, dangerously attractive young man she meets by chance. When Evie Johnson is torn away from her home by the sea to become the newest scholarship student, she is more isolated than she could have dreamed. Wyldcliffe Abbey School for Young Ladies, housed in a Gothic mansion on the bleak northern moors, is elite, expensive, and unwelcoming.
