First published 2017
Sybil and Blake Gregory leave their Manhattan life behind when Blake takes over as CEO of a San Francisco social media startup. Blake impulsively purchases a turn-of-the-century Pacific Heights mansion built by the Butterfields, a banking dynasty. The house sits abandoned for decades but keeps its original furnishings and old-world charm intact. Sybil works as an interior designer while Blake handles business analysis. Their children Andrew, Caroline, and six-year-old Charlie must adjust to the new city and their grand new home. The mansion holds more than antique furniture and elegant rooms. The Butterfield family still occupies the house as spirits, and the Gregorys soon encounter their ghostly predecessors. Two families from different centuries begin sharing the same space. The story explores how past and present collide when the living and the dead become unlikely housemates in this supernatural family drama.
Genres: supernatural, contemporary
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, unlikely-housemates
Setting: Manhattan, San Francisco, Pacific Heights
Period: Turn of the Century
304 pages · Hardcover · Delacorte Press