In Sophie Jaffโs spellbinding sequel to Love is Red, two women living centuries apart are bound together by an ancient prophecy, which ignites a dark story of obsession, betrayal, and revenge
Rumors of witchcraft have haunted Margaret ever since she was born. A strange child, she was feared and shunned by her medieval English village after her motherโs brutal murder. When her father remarries, Margaretโnow a young womanโrealizes that she must leave the village for good.
Hundreds of years later, as fall comes to Manhattan, Katherine Emerson prays her horrific summer is over. She survived a killerโs attack, but her roommate Andrea was not so lucky and now Katherine is raising Andreaโs son, Lucas. However, the rest of her world is in ruins: the man she loves has left her and sheโs pregnant with his child. She accepts sheโll be a single motherโuntil he insists on doing โthe right thingโ, which means taking her and Lucas with him to London for his new job. Katherine hopes that maybe she too can start over.
But starting over doesnโt mean that the disturbing and dangerous encounters with strangers will end. As Katherine begins to fall apart, Margaretโs fight to survive in a hostile world reveals she has inherited her motherโs extraordinary giftsโbut will she use them for good or evil? Can Margaret change the destiny of Katherine and her unborn child? And what will happen if she succeeds?