There are curses that live in the blood, passed down like heirlooms no one wants to claim, and the Flores women know this better than most. Every daughter born to their line carries magic—a gift that feels more like a burden when grief is the only thing you can't grow your way out of. Sage Flores has spent eight years running from her family's strange inheritance and the ghost of her sister Sky, but now she's back in her hometown, hands deep in soil again, using her ability to speak with plants to hunt down rare botanical specimens for the Cranberry Rose Company. The work would be straightforward if it weren't for Tennessee Reyes, the boy who shattered her heart in high school and has grown into a man who makes her pulse quicken in ways she's tried hard to forget. Their partnership stirs up old tenderness and new desire, a slow-burning chemistry that feels as inevitable as the summer storms her lightning-wielding sister conjures when her temper flares. Meanwhile, Sky's ghost keeps appearing with cups of coffee, a reminder that some losses refuse to stay buried. Raquel Vasquez Gilliland weaves a lush, atmospheric tale where magic blooms in the margins of everyday life and love takes root in the most unexpected soil. This is a story about returning home, about the wild things that grow in the spaces between grief and hope, and about finding the courage to let yourself feel again.