Set in a magical version of New Orleans, this series centers on the protagonist Serena Rose, an ordinary florist. During the Hawthorne family’s engagement ball, she unexpectedly awakens the long-lost bloodline of the Vale Crown Witch, marked by a black rose magical sigil that appears on the back of her hand.
Betrayed by her fiancé Adrian, power-hungry Celeste, and clan matriarch Margot, who conspire against her together, Serena crosses paths with Rowan, a witch hunter who bears the identical Crown Witch bloodline.
As Serena unearths buried secrets, she learns her mother Evangeline was the previous Crown Witch, murdered years ago in a joint plot by corrupt Coven Council factions and the Hawthorne family. Her maternal grandmother Odette has been held under house arrest for decades, and Serena also discovers she has an elder half-sister, Iris. The group unites to stand against Margot, who covets the Crown Witch bloodline and seeks to open the Gate of the Abyss. The power of the Abyss feeds on witches’ strength by preying on fear; should it break free, it will devour the entire world.
