Inspired with the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, this tantalizing sequel to Megan Shepherd’s gothic suspense novel, The Madman’s Girl, explores the hidden natures of those we like and what lengths we’ll go to save them from themselves.

To defeat the darkness, she must first embrace it.

Back in London after her trip to Dr. Moreau’s horrific island, Juliet is usually rebuilding the life span she once understood and aiming to ignore her father’s legacy. But shortly it’s clear that someone – or something – hasn’t overlooked her, as people close to Juliet start dropping victim to a murderer who leaves a macabre phoning cards of three clawlike slashes. Provides one of her father’s creations also escaped the isle?

As Juliet strives to stop a killer while looking for a serum to treat her own worsening illness, she finds herself once again in a world of scandal and danger. Her heart torn in two, past bubbling to the surface, lifestyle threatened by an obsessive killer – Juliet will end up being lucky to flee alive.