Bestselling witchcraft author Trish Sinclair has a shameful secret: she's a lousy spellcaster, and the spells in her books belong to others. So when a dying warlock entrusts her with an ancient and powerful grimoire, she runs for her life from his murderer--psychotic witch Kate Cavanaugh. Kate is determined to obtain the manual, which holds spells to command the fearsome power of a magic crystal hidden in town. And she'll stop at nothing to get it. When the town coven refuses to help Trish, she is forced to turn to cynical warlock Aidan McCarthy, who has a secret agenda of his own, and Rain Devereaux, a novice witch whose spellcasting abilities are even worse than Trish's. As Kate unleashes the elemental might of tornadoes and ice storms on the trio, they desperately struggle to defeat her. It's going to take one hell of a spell to save the day. Luckily, the universe owes Trish a few favors . . .