An unapologetic murderess becomes the guardian of two very unusual girls. What’s the worst that
could happen? “You’ll never look at the wicked stepmothers of fairy tales quite the same
way again.”—Gwendolyn Kiste Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Reluctant Immortals and The
Haunting of Velkwood “Camilla Bruce tills the macabre for all of its Edward Gorey glory . .
. At the bottom of this particular garden you will find a wicked sense of humor.”—Clay McLeod
Chapman author of What Kind of Mother and Ghost Eaters Clara Woods is a killer—and perfectly
fine with it too. So what if she takes a couple of lives to make her own a little bit better?
At the bottom of her garden is a flower bed long overgrown where her late husband rests in
peace—or so she’s always thought. Then the girls arrive. Lily and Violet are her nieces
recently orphaned after their affluent parents died on an ill-fated anniversary trip. In
accordance with their parents’ will the sisters are to go to their closest relative—who
happens to be Clara. Despite having no interest in children Clara agrees to take them hoping
to get her hands on some of the girls’ assets—not only to bolster her dwindling fortune but
also to establish what she hopes will be her legacy: a line of diamond jewelry. There’s only
one problem. Violet can see the dead man at the bottom of the garden. She can see all of
Clara’s ghosts . . . and call them back into existence. Soon Clara is plagued by her victims
and at war with the gifted girls in her care. Lily and Violet have become a liability—and they
know far more than they should. . . .
