How are you supposed to follow rules you didn't know existed? Finola Sparks is a hunted woman. Everyone is Black Bayou, Texas wants something from her, and she is only beginning to uncover the power she wields. Everything she knew to be true has been turned upside down. The longer she stays in Black Bayou, the more she wades through her family and the town's lies. The truth is like the pretty lily pads along the water -they merely hide a deeper more sinister evil that wants Fin's death as much as her life. How can you save one person when it damns another? There's a curse to fight, and Finola has a destiny that she is ready to embrace. The only problem is her Lady Alaine isn't cooperating. Josiah's powers are growing stronger as her grandmothers weaken. At any moment now the Seelie power lying in Black Bayou could rise and overtake them all. Will she be able to outwit them and the curse? And if she does, will she be able to live with the consequences?