When Charlotte Kincaid inherits her great-aunt's crumbling manor on the fog-draped Oregon Coast, she expects peeling wallpaper, dusty antiques, and a creaky floor or two. She doesn't expect a talking cat.

By day, Daichi is a quiet man bound to the manor grounds. By night, he's a sarcastic bobtail feline who brews tea, quotes poetry, and guards the Hollow's deepest secret: a curse tied to a forgotten betrayal, and the fading boundary between the living and the dead.

As ghosts begin to stir and a strange new presence threatens the town's balance, Charlie discovers her inheritance comes with far more than keys and cobwebs. She's the Keeper of the Lanterns, the guide to the spirits that pass through Wren Hollow each night.

But to protect the town, save Daichi, and uncover the truth, Charlie will have to embrace the magic woven through her blood and the strange, stubborn house that seems to love her back.