Getting adopted by a billionaire family was the dream of every kid in Willows Orphanage. For Leonora, it became a nightmare.

Sixteen-year-old Leonora has spent her entire life terrified of herself. When she is overwhelmed, her empathic powers spiral out of control, causing her emotions to leak out and infect everyone nearby. Her fear turns into their panic, her despair into their horror. She’s learned to keep her head down and stay invisible.

When the Sterlings, the richest family in town, adopt her, Leonora discovers there are other children who have special “gifts”. At Sterling Manor, surrounded by siblings who understand her, she finally feels like she belongs. For the first time, she’s learning to control her gift instead of fearing it.

But something inside the manor is wrong. One of her new brothers is growing mysteriously ill, and as her power grows stronger, so does the sense of danger. The family Leonora has grown to love might be the very thing she needs to fear most.

Hidden messages, unexpected alliances, and terrifying discoveries lead Leonora closer to the truth. But she has no idea that she’s almost out of time…