Laura has come to study curse-breaking at Oxford’s Cornix College with one goal: to stop dark magic from pursuing anyone who cares for her.
Solitary, talented countermancer Cillian is simply filling in for a missing lecturer – or so it seems. His true purpose at Cornix is the investigation of a disturbing pattern of deaths and disappearances. And he’s noticed the grad student who avoids music – and attracts tragedy.
In the competitive Faculty of Arcane Sciences, darkness and fascination twist around Cillian and Laura like a forest of thorns. They soon find themselves locked in a mutual battle to resist temptation and maintain secrecy.
Who will hold out the longest, especially when succumbing tastes so sweet?
