It's been two months since Pandora English left her small hometown to live with her mysterious great-aunt in a haunted mansion in Spektor – the fog-wreathed suburb of Manhattan that doesn't appear on any map.

With the help of Great-Aunt Celia and the handsome – but dead – Lieutenant Luke, Pandora is beginning to understand that she is heir to a great gift from the Lucasta family – a gift that comes with frightening responsibility.

And New York needs Pandora's special gifts.

There is a new designer in town, and her ambitions extend far beyond taking over the fashion world one knit at a time.