June Faulconer, the renowned true-crime podcaster behind Defrosted, has always kept her distance from the darkness she exposes. But a cryptic email shatters her carefully constructed life, pulling her back to her ancestral Virginia hunt country estate. The message holds new evidence in the fifteen-year-old disappearance of Jasmine Robinson, a Georgetown intern who vanished from the Pemberwick Hunt Club—a cold case that now implicates June’s own long-imprisoned father.

Plunging into the gilded, dangerous world of old-money foxhunting, June uncovers whispers of the Sangren, a secretive bloodline of elite families rumored to possess unnerving abilities blurring the line between human and myth. The deeper she digs, the more she fears this ancient, primal power pulses within her own veins.

Her only ally is Emmett Bingham, the brooding equine vet haunted by a legacy he’s vowed to deny. Their undeniable chemistry is a dangerous distraction, a spark that could be lethal. As a shadowy hunt saboteur escalates attacks on Pemberwick’s elite, and generations-old secrets claw their way to the surface, June must either embrace the primal darkness she’s always run from—or be consumed by Pemberwick’s insatiable hunger.

For fans of atmospheric gothic romance, dark academia thrillers, and rich supernatural mysteries, Scarlet Fever delivers a haunting tale of power, passion, and primal inheritance. If you love old money intrigue, dangerous chemistry, and psychological suspense set in an equestrian world, dive into Kiki Astor’s latest obsession.