Some secrets can’t be taken to the grave…

COMING AUGUST 18th, 2026: BLOOD MOON meets ACE OF SPADES and THE RAVEN BOYS in this debut YA Contemporary Fantasy with Dark Academia and Romantic elements.

Harper grew up loving her grandma Gigi’s stories about pretty brown girls with magic from the stars, but they were just that—stories…until Gigi’s sudden death awakens a dangerous power building beneath Harper’s skin. Desperate for answers, Harper finds herself drawn to an elite boarding school in the Appalachian Mountains.

A school that Gigi herself attended, and one rumored to be haunted by the ghosts of witches past.

Harper arrives at Black Mountain Academy determined to learn about her burgeoning power, even if that means dealing with Kai, her grumpy ex-best friend now hellbent on getting her to leave campus, and his cousin, Lucas, who won’t let her forget the almost-kiss from last summer. But Black Mountain Academy was built on secrets, and the deeper Harper digs, the more sinister rot she finds lurking beneath. 

When Harper unearths a chilling local legend about twelve Black witches lynched on campus a century ago, she knows she’s connected to these women. But someone doesn’t want her exposing the school’s dark past, and when it becomes clear that they’ll kill to stop her, Harper has to decide whether to leave her history behind or risk everything for the truth of her own identity.