As an adult, all Joram Darkstone wants is to be out from under the thumb of her adoptive guardian and to play music with her band. Life as an orphan is firmly behind her. When she meets the mesmerizing Naomi after a show, her overt obsession with the other woman baffles her friends but somehow feels right. Naomi Kostopoulos grew up in the Carpathian Mountains, trained to be sensitive to magic and burdened with a heavy Guard the dimensional door at any cost when the time comes. Now living in Southern California, a chance meeting with a musician opens up dangerous possibilities. Joram may be a stranger, but her voice echoes from Naomi’s childhood dreams. As the signs of magical cataclysm swirl around them, Joram and Naomi are bound inexplicably closer by love... And destiny. Two women on opposing sides of the battle between good and evil, both pawns in a game they don’t fully comprehend…

It’s been a year since Darkstone opened the doors between Earth and the fairy dimension, ushering in magic and mythological creatures—a year fraught with miracles and disasters as mankind struggles to live with forces long deemed imaginary. Wild and youthful Gillie flees her English home to roam this new world. Her travels take her to Portland where she meets Lindsay, the girl with the blue hair. Gillie’s attraction is instant, but something magical has chased her across America and she shouldn’t stay long. Formerly homeless, Lindsay’s devoted her life to helping street kids. Gillie’s appearance at the outreach center sparks a dread allure, one that urges her to overstep the bounds of social propriety. The question is moot after something ethereal targets both her and Gillie, burning down her apartment building. With no safe haven, they are on a desperate scramble for answers, hopping freight trains to escape their pursuers. Who wants Gillie dead and why?