The Invocations

From the author of New York Times bestseller House of Hollow comes a darkly seductive witchy thriller where,though both men and demons lurk in shadowsgirls refuse to go quietly into the night. Three girlsone supernatural killer on the loose . . . Zara Jones believes in magic because the alternative is too painful to consider—that her murdered sister is gone forever and there is nothing she can do about it. Rather than grieving and moving onZara decides she will do whatever it takes to claw her sister back from the grave—even trading in the occult. Jude Wolf may be the daughter of a billionairebut she is also undeniably cursed. After a deal with a demon went horribly wrongher soul has been slowly turning necrotic. It’s a miserable existence marred by painsicknessand monstrous things that taunt her in the night. Now that she’s glimpsed what’s beyond the veilJude’s desperate to find someone to undo the damage she’s done to herself. Enter Emer Byrnean orphaned witch with a dark past and a deadly powera.k.a. the solution to both Zara’s and Jude’s problems. Though Emer lives a hardscrabble lifeshe gives away her most valuable asset—her invocations—to women in desperate situations who are willing to sacrifice a piece of their soul in exchange for a scrap of power. Zara and Jude are willingbut they first have to find Emer. When Emer’s clients start turning up dead all over Londona vital clue leads Zara and Jude right to her. If a serial killer is targeting her clientsEmer wants to know why—and to stop them. She strikes a tenuous alliance with Zara and Jude to hunt a killer before they are next on his listeven if she can’t give them in return what Zara and Jude want most: a sister and a soul.