A chance for a new beginning in Portland, Oregon. A stowaway from Paris who’s slowly turning to stone. Can alchemist Zoe Faust unravel the secrets of an ancient book in time to save her new friend?

Unpacking her belongings in her new fixer-upper house, alchemist Zoe Faust can’t help but notice she’s picked up a stowaway. Dorian Robert-Houdin is a living, breathing gargoyle, not to mention a master of French cuisine, and he needs Zoe’s expertise to unlock the secrets of a centuries-old text. Zoe, who’s trying to put her old life behind her, isn’t so sure she wants to reopen her alchemical past…until a crime committed on her front porch leaves her no choice.