Elora Castain finds out that there are worse things than learning that your estranged grandmother has passed away. Finding out that you're not as normal as your life makes you out to be is just the tip of the iceberg for the Boston Globe staff writer. What she learns when she returns to Slauson Cove will change her life completely. Finding love, friends, and time to work on an artistic endeavor will only lead to a fulfillment of her destiny. Can she find the truth and stop her adversary from continuing to murder people in the Cove in time to prove the prophecy laid down by her ancestor true?