Since childhood, twins Kip and Shelley Davies have been fascinated by the Victorian inn across the street and its mysterious guests. Now teenagers, they begin working there - and are drawn into a world of elegant sophistication, celebration... and magic. Guided by the inn's enigmatic proprietress, they become apprentices to an ancient craft and willing participants in its rituals - until their everyday world becomes a dream from which they may never wake...
'A true mistress of the macabre.'
Dallas Morning News
'Hawkes has a deft hand with the eerie.'
Publishers Weekly
