Imagine you could be rid of your sadness your anxiety your heartache your fear. Imagine you
could take those feelings from others and turn them into something beautiful. Imagine the power
that would give you how valuable you would be to others... Lynx is a Grief Nurse. Kept by the
Asters a wealthy influential family to ensure they're never troubled by negative emotions.
Kept at their manor house limited to its walls plush rooms and the elegant grounds on the
family's Scottish island she knows no other life. When news arrives that the Asters' eldest
son is dead Lynx does what she can to alleviate their sorrow. But as guests flock to the
island for the wake bringing their own secrets lies and grief tensions rise and Lynx finds
herself trapped at the centre of a family tearing itself apart. But the son's death is not the
last and the island soon becomes a vortex of jealousy suspicion hatred and tragedy - with
Lynx caught in the middle. With romance intrigue and spectacular gothic world-building this
spellbinding novel set in a subtly reimagined 1920s Scotland marks the debut of an
extraordinary new voice in fiction.
