First published 2026
Charley Bryde lives surrounded by magic she cannot touch. While her sister Miranda and generations of Bryde women possessed genuine psychic abilities, Charley inherited nothing but the family mansion in Memphis. When tragedy strikes and scatters the family, Charley finds herself alone in Crimson House as the money disappears and creditors circle. She transforms the manor into a tourist attraction, reading tarot cards and performing séances she knows are fake. The deception works until a determined skeptic arrives to expose her fraud. His investigation awakens something the Bryde family buried long ago. Miranda returns after eight years of absence, and the sisters discover that Crimson House holds secrets that even their psychic ancestors never detected. These revelations threaten to destroy everything Charley fought to preserve.
Genres: mystery, supernatural, paranormal-fiction, adult-fiction, gothic, family-drama
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, gothic, introspective, mysterious, suspenseful
Tropes: fake-dating-adjacent, family-secrets, sisters-reunited, skeptic-believer
Setting: Memphis, Crimson House
Period: 21st-century
417 pages · Paperback · Sourcebooks Landmark
Content warnings: death