Seventeen-year-old Tilly finds herself on the run from her cruel adoptive family - a coven of witches who seek to use and abuse her Power. With no one to turn to, she stumbles into a brooding young man and his family who offer her sanctuary. With a terrible secret to keep, Tilly knows she should move on, but every time she tries to leave, she is held back by the tie she feels to the enigmatic and hostile Spencer. Spencer hides his own secret...