A Botanist’s Guide to Rituals and Revenge

In the fourth book in Khavari’s 1920s-set series (after A Botanist’s Guide to Society and Secrets), Saffron Everleigh returns to Ellington, the family estate, when her grandfather has a heart attack. Bill Wyatt, a dangerous man from her past, is there, posing as her grandfather’s doctor. Claiming she owes him for burning notes to a deadly poison and ruining a lucrative sale, Bill orders Saffron to locate information on her late father’s project which may interest a new buyer. He gives her less than a week, or her family will pay the price. With help from her beau Alexander and best friend, Elizabeth, Saffron chases down clues only to repeatedly run into dead ends. The situation grows more complicated when a medium arrives and begins holding seances to communicate with loved ones lost in the Great War, including Saffron’s childhood sweetheart. Is Madame Martin in league with Bill? When she discovers secrets about her family during her search for information to appease Bill, Saffron wonders if this is a fight she can win.