Dr Callie McFay travels to the small college town of Fairwick for a job interview. She finds herself talked into accepting a job offer from the Folklore Department to teach a class on demons and vampires. She also finds herself drawn to an old house in the woods where Gothic novelist Dahlia LaMotte used to live and buys it on a whim.

Callie McFay is the guardian of the last gateway between the world of Faerie and mankind. Seduced by a powerful incubus demon, she has succeeded in banishing Liam to the Borderlands but he still haunts her dreams, tempting her with the knowledge of how to bring him back.

Fairwick is a changed place. The door to Faerie has been destroyed and town has been taken over by the all powerful and dominant Nephilim. The suggestion of another remaining door is the only thing keeping Callie's hope alive, and with her friends trapped in Faerie and her demon lover banished, she knows she must act before it's too late.

Jane Hudson never thought she would return to Heart Lake. Her years there as a scholarship girl ended in a double tragedy. Now she is back, struggling to adjust to her new life teaching Latin and as a single mother. But the events that haunted her memories for so many years begin to recur in front of her eyes.

Juno McKay, a former alumna of a university which is adorned by a stained glass 'Lady Window', is on the task of restoring this window. Christine Webb, an art historian, is researching it for her thesis. Christine seems to have discovered some new evidence, but before she can discuss her findings with Juno, she's found dead in a boating accident.

Bosco: once a beautiful, stately home, is now a tranquil artists' retreat. Ellis Brooks has come here for the opportunity to write a novel inspired by the scandalous events that took place in the mansion's early days. As Ellis delves into Bosco's sinister history, she starts to uncover unnerving connections between the living and the dead.

Creative writing professor, Nan Lewis, thinks she hit a deer. But then a police officer tells her that her student, Leia Dawson, has been killed in a hit-and-run on River Road. And there is blood on Nan's car. Nan finds herself reviled by the same community that supported her when her young daughter was killed in a similar accident six years ago.