First published 2026
Drew Benson runs a struggling metaphysical shop in a lakeside town, trying to forget the psychic abilities that once made her family infamous. Twenty years ago, her aunt Hannah Mystic became the scapegoat when a local teenager vanished without a trace. Drew has spent years avoiding her gift for reading tarot cards and sensing impressions from objects. She manages her astrology obsessed employee, dodges the advances of local charmer Foster Banks, and fights to keep her inherited business alive. When her high school rival returns as a big city reporter to investigate the cold case, Drew faces a choice. Her psychic abilities might finally solve the decades old disappearance and clear her aunt's tarnished reputation. But using her powers means risking everything she has built. Bills mount while her disapproving mother applies pressure and a vandal targets her shop. Drew must decide whether the chance to find the missing girl and earn her place in the community is worth exposing herself to the same scrutiny that destroyed her aunt.
Genres: literary-fiction, mystery, paranormal-fiction, contemporary, adult-fiction
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate, introspective, suspenseful
Tropes: family-legacy, hidden-powers, rivals-to-allies, second-chance
Setting: lakeside town
368 pages · Paperback · Viking
Content warnings: death, kidnapping