For seventeen-year-old pirate Aster Oberon and her family, life at sea has been a refuge from Nightweavers - mystical beings with elemental powers that rule the land.
But when the Oberons are finally defeated in an epic battle that shatters Aster's world, they are thrust into a new life, to live among the very beings they hate.
Handsome Nightweaver Will shows Aster uncharacteristic mercy, by offering the Oberons employment on his family's opulent estate.
Despite her hatred for his kind, Aster finds her attraction to Will growing by the day. Will this illicit romance and the chilling secrets that hide at the heart of Bludgrave Manor unravel everything she's ever known, loved and fought for. . .