Madison Mosby figures she will never find happiness. At twenty-five, she's a washed up cook, toiling in a grimy outpost in the food empire founded by her missing grandmother, and swimming in debt. Her mother is forever nagging her to start a family and she's reminded every day that following society's rules have gotten her nowhere in life. Madison's new life begins when a man appears before her, begging for a product that will tip the balance of power in a war that has been raging for the past seven years - a war of sorcery, magical drug cartels, and private armies. The product he's looking for was made by Madison's grandmother, a.k.a. the Rose Widow.