Once there was only the Curwood between childhood friends, Cassie and Julian. Now there is a whole lot more... Cassie doesn’t mind living in a small house by the old Curwood Forest, because just across the river is her best friend Julian and his sweet, storytelling mother, Violeta. Julian doesn’t mind living with his distant, grumpy father in their mansion with sweeping gardens that don’t belong to him, because he has Cassie and her wildness. But when Violeta is lost from their lives, Cassie begins to fear that nothing can shift the shadow that has settled on her dearest friend. Years later, with Julian at boarding school and becoming more and more of a stranger to her, Cassie finds herself drawn into the world of her enigmatic tutor, Alisa, who seems to have a secret of her own. Then Cassie's own parents vanish, throwing her into an adventure more wondrous and terrifying than any of Violeta’s tales. Can Cassie find her way back to her parents? To Julian? To herself? Or will she take the darker road that seems to have been waiting for her all along? Get your copy now of this magical tale of love and discovery.