In this dark gothic YA fantasy pitched as Chinese mythology meets
Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, a young scholar buys the remaining
years on an orphan girl's contract to play as his personal musician
at his rural manor, but she's in for more than she bargained for
when her new master is not human and his home is in the Celestial
Realm.

Judy I. Lin, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Book of
Tea duology (A Magic Steeped in Poison and A Venom Dark and
Sweet), was born in Taiwan and immigrated to Canada with her
family at a young age. She grew up with her nose in a book and
loved to escape to imaginary worlds. She now works as an
occupational therapist and still spends her nights dreaming up
imaginary worlds of her own. She lives on the Canadian prairies
with her husband and daughters.