Last school year, Felicity Morrow’s girlfriend Alex disappeared. Some speculate she ran away after a humiliating public incident. Others whisper that she was killed by Felicity in a fit of rage. Now, returning to school after spending the year recuperating in therapy and a mental hospital, Felicity is back at her elite New England all-girls boarding academy, Dalloway School. She reclaims her old room in the centuries-old Godwin House, but not her previous position near the top of the social hierarchy. That’s fine as far as she is concerned. She wants to finish her senior year with as little chaos as possible. But with the arrival of her new dormmate Ellis Haley, that plan scatters like ashes in the wind.

Ellis, a hotshot novelist, transfers to Dalloway to work on a new book about the Dalloway Five. In the 18th century, five Dalloway girls died in terrible circumstances, and many believe they were murdered for being witches. Ellis embeds herself in the legends, and that includes Felicity, who spent months researching the women and the accusations of witchcraft. Felicity is drawn to Ellis, and Ellis in turn tries to help her new friend confront her trauma instead of burying it. The closer the two girls get and the more intimate their relationship becomes, the more Felicity begins to believe she’s being tormented by Alex’s malevolent spirit. Bumps in the night, figures cloaked in shadows, impossible notes left in books…is Felicity being haunted by a ghost or her own guilt? Or is something—or someone—else to blame?

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