Ever wondered what it would be like to truly understand a cat, every last meow, every narrowed glance, every jab of a paw? When Briley Forester, a shy recluse and gifted games programmer, is torn from the world and dumped into the village of Maepole, she finds out the hard way. Trapped within a backward world without technology, she discovers that being a witch is hard, and that her grouchy talking cat Smokey knows more about men than she does... Tricked into working as a delivery girl and aided by an ancient grimoire, only by overcoming her cripling self-doubt and learning the powers of witchcraft can she hope to return home. But her way home is fraught with heartache and danger, love and despair. The powerful Whitehead family, haters of witches, will stop at nothing to be rid of her. And lurking within the forest, the dark spirit lies in wait, ready to strike...