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 a 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.