A Spell for Saints and Sinners

Like a gender-flipped Saltburn set amidst the moss-draped, haunted beauty of Savannah, this intoxicating blend of Southern suspense and modern witchcraft from bestselling author Emily Carpenter casts a spell of class, power, and possession.

In a city where ghosts linger in the moss and money buys salvation, a struggling psychic is drawn into Savannah's glittering elite, as obsession and need curdle the lines between magic and madness, seduction and salvation, pirates and protectors...

In front of an elegantly shabby townhouse on a Savannah side street sits a hand-painted sign: Miss Edie, Psychic. Ingrid White inherited the house and business from her beloved grandmother, a local celebrity in town. But unless Ingrid can find a way to pay for crushing property taxes and mounting repairs, she's going to lose them both.

Ingrid has faith in the homespun witchcraft Edie passed down to her, yet hope and clients are dwindling. . . . Until Sailor Loeffler's bachelorette party changes everything. Sailor is local royalty--part of the vast "Savannah Sauce" empire, beautiful and wealthy beyond imagining--and Ingrid's reading is so accurate that she becomes the bride-to-be's confidante. To keep that access and all the privileges it brings, Ingrid relies more and more on hexes and dark spells--using the baneful magic Edie always warned her against.

As Ingrid works even riskier spells, she is drawn further into the Loefflers' inner circle and the obstacles in her path melt away. But is it witchcraft or other, more earthbound forces? Ingrid can feel the lines blurring even as her powers seem to grow, until she must confront the truth about just how far some people, including herself, will go to keep the life they've always wanted . . .

Author: Emily Carpenter
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
Published: 03/31/2026
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
ISBN13: 9781496750587
ISBN10: 1496750586
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Thrillers | Psychological
- Fiction | Southern

About the Author
Emily Carpenter is a bestselling author of suspense novels including Burying the Honeysuckle Girls, The Weight of Lies and Gothictown. Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, she graduated from Auburn University and worked in New York City as an actor, producer, screenwriter, and behind-the-scenes assistant for the CBS shows As the World Turns and Guiding Light before returning to her southern roots. She now lives with her family outside Atlanta, Georgia, and can be found online at EmilyCarpenterAuthor.com.