Two sisters must unearth an ancient curseābefore the magic that bonds them together tears them apart.
All the women in Iris and Malinaās family are born with a gleamāa unique way of manipulating beauty through magic. Seventeen-year-old Iris sees flowers as fractals and turns her kaleidoscope visions into glasswork, her twin sister Malina interprets moods as music, and their cold, distant mother Jasmina bakes scenery into decadent treats at her confectionery in Old Town Cattaro, Montenegro.
Jasmina forbids Iris and Malina to share their gleams with anyone, and above all, she forbids them to fall in loveābeing discovered could shatter the quiet lives theyāve built in their tucked away, seaside town. But Iris and Malina are tired of abiding by their motherās rules and rebel in secret whenever they can.
Yet when a mysterious, white-haired woman attacks their mother and leaves her hovering between life and death, the sisters unearth an ancient curse that haunts their lineāa wicked bargain that masquerades as a blessing, and binds the twinsā fatesāand heartsāto a force larger than life. To save each other, they must untangle a thousand years of lies and reveal their own hurtful secrets. But even the deepest sacrifice might not be enough.
Wicked Like a Wildfire is author Lana Harper's (writing as Lana Popovic) first book in a sumptuous, bewitching duology about the power of love, death, magic, and the many faces of beauty.