When her wages at the spinning mill are cut, Briar Rose buys a spindle from a peddler hoping it will help her earn more money to take care of her siblings. In a world where fairies lurk and curses linger, love can bleed like the prick of a finger.... When Briar's fellow spinner girls come down with a mysterious sleeping sickness, she needs to save them-- and herself.
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