Bridget Nighean's life is shattered when she meets a mysterious young man on the same night that her mother is murdered and receives a magical inheritance. She is soon swept into the politics of the immortal Fae as she searches for her mother's killer and struggles to understand her hereditary magic. For, unbeknownst to Bridget, she comes from a long line of powerful banshees and her grandmother is head of the council. With the aid of her best friend and a magical guardian, Bridget sets out to meet her grandmother and learn why her mother kept her powers hidden.