Alchemy of Secrets

Its place in Alchemy of Secrets

Alchemy of Secrets is book 1 in the Alchemy of Secrets series. See the full Alchemy of Secrets reading order.

Holland St. James has always believed magic is real, even though nobody around her does -- until a night class called Folklore 517: Local Legends and Urban Myths leads her to a man known only as the Watch Man, who tells her she has less than a day left to live unless she can find a mythical object called the Alchemical Heart. What follows is a race through a version of Los Angeles steeped in old Hollywood glamour and hidden magic, where the line between folklore and reality keeps collapsing, and every clue…