Mara Voss

By day, Mara Voss strolls through parks in sundresses and yellow blooms, clutching a sketchbook of pressed flowers and sipping lavender lemonade. Sweet, soft-spoken, and always humming a lullaby only she seems to know. But ask any antique dealer within a 50-mile radius, and they’ll flinch at the name. You see, Mara isn’t just an aspiring botanist—she’s a high-stakes botanical forger. Her real passion? Crafting impeccable replicas of extinct plants and passing them off as rediscovered specimens. Rich collectors pay dearly. Museums fall over themselves for a whiff of her latest "find." And the thrill? That’s what she really lives for. She’s already faked the Midnight Fen Orchid (extinct 1903) and fooled three universities. No one suspects the girl with the daisy clips and the innocence of a lullaby. Except maybe her cat, Nero, who carries messages to her mysterious contact known only as “Thorn.”