Nore Robbins didn't ask for a new life, but now that her mom is gone and her dad is newly married, she has to settle in at Shadow Grove, the old Civil War mansion her stepfamily calls home. When she meets her stepmother, Lisette, Nore is shocked by her youth and beauty. Nore's new stepbrother and stepsister seem friendly enough; until it becomes obvious they're hiding something. When she starts digging into her stepfamily's past, she finds that the skeletons in their closet are more real than she ever imagined possible. Can Nore expose her stepmother's dark secret before an old and evil magic swallows her up?