Tamara has been implicated in the fire that took the lives of her family.  They may not have been the closest or warmest of families but they were hers.  Now with only her adopted brother Conrad to support and protect her, Tamara is sent across town and then country- always mere steps from the jaws of danger.

Paul and his daughter Diana were only visiting the grave of his late wife when they came upon Tamara.  Diana opened up to the stranger and Paul felt he should at least offer the woman a life. He had no idea this would turn into a cross country adventure and see a baptism of fire into the world of magic, vampires and shifters!

There are some twists along the way, with Tamara learning more about herself and her history and Paul that sometimes it's ok to take a leap of faith for a stranger.  I loved that Tamara was well aware of her aimlessness and was determined to find her place in the world on her own terms.  Paul is a great single dad figure - authoritative and playful by turns.  Diana is a precocious little darling and I'm glad she finally found Plop!

That ending though...I did let out a bit of a WTAF Michelle!  It's certainly made an novel approach on how to get "everything to reset" if you will.  I'm secretly rather pleased that from the outset I guessed the "baddie" and they really were a complete waste of skin that I thoroughly enjoyed having a reason to hate!