It has been eleven years since the Goblin uprising led by Ranrok and Victor Rookwood. Eleven years since the discovery of the final repository and Faustine Stolas' rise to status of Keeper. Eleven years since she turned in her best friend Sebastian Sallow for the murder of his uncle. Faustine has been appointed new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Joining Ominis Gaunt as a professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. At the start of the new year, she is nervous and wary yet excited to go back to her alma mater to teach the next generation of witches, wizards, and magicians. Until, Sebastian Sallow makes his prompt return at Hogwarts after over ten years in Azkaban as the other Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Faustine will have to maintain her professionality when working together with the boy-turned-man she once sent off to face the consequences of his actions. A new dawn rises at Hogwarts School for Wizardry, overshadowed by the unforgivable and inescapable throes of the past. Can the trio overcome what was and find their way back to each other? And can Sebastian leave the past in the past, even when Anne may still be alive?

A young bookseller attending a literary conference adopts a Scottish accent to avoid clichés, only to fall for a dashing, real Scotsman. Can their budding romance survive the truth?