A young immigrant who can see the dead must find the place she most belongs--both in life and in love--as she navigates the underworld with a haunted, handsome man, in the second book of the gothic fantasy trilogy that began with Weavingshaw . Things are looking grim for Leena Al-Sayer after she was trapped in the demon world with a dying Bram St. Silas. But Leena is nothing if not resourceful--and determined. Being a stranger in a strange land is far from a new experience for her, and she is ready to do anything it takes to save the life of the man she has grown to love. But the deadly forces of the Wake are after her. For she and Bram now possess the red diary of the Avons--the artifact the Wake have been desperately seeking. Within its pages lies the key to the location of a powerful object: one that will let demons move freely between their realm and the human world--and will enable Leena to break Bram free of his lifetime indenture.

With enemies closing in, Leena and Bram must do everything in their power to find the object before the Wake--or risk watching their entire world fall into ruin.