"The half-Fae private detective is once again run through the wringer when problems plaguing the San Francisco Fae community strike home on a personal level. First, in an unprecedented, unexpected move, the Queen of the Mists promotes Toby to countess. Given that the Queen hates her, it's quite obviously a trap, but not something Toby can refuse or avoid. Subsequently, several of Toby's closest friends are struck down through poison and illness, and...

It's been almost a year since October "Toby" Daye averted a war, gave up a county, and suffered personal losses that have left her wishing for a good day's sleep. Now, Toby's been asked to find another missing child--her name is Chelsea and she's a teleporter. Chelsea is opening doors that were never meant to be opened, releasing dangers that were sealed away centuries before--and there's a good chance she could destroy Faerie if she isn't stopped....

Toby thought she understood her own past; she thought she knew the score. She was wrong. It's time to learn the truth.

Things are slow, and October "Toby" Daye couldn't be happier about that. The elf-shot cure has been approved, Arden Windermere is settling into her position as Queen in the Mists, and Toby doesn't have anything demanding her attention except for wedding planning and spending time with her family. Maybe she should have realized that it was too good to last. When Toby's mother, Amandine, appears on her doorstep with a demand for help, refusing her seems...

Things are not okay. In the aftermath of Amandine's latest betrayal, October "Toby" Daye's fragile self-made family is on the verge of coming apart at the seams. Jazz can't sleep, Sylvester doesn't want to see her, and worst of all, Tybalt has withdrawn from her entirely, retreating into the Court of Cats as he tries to recover from his abduction. Toby is floundering, unable to help the people she loves most heal. She needs a distraction. She needs...

October Daye finds herself confronted with her family's past and responsible for peace in the Kingdom of the Mists, as she plans for her wedding and for her future. October is informed that Simon Torquill-- legally her father, due to Faerie's archaic marriage traditions-- must be invited to her wedding or risk the ceremony throwing the Kingdom in the Mists into political turmoil. Now she finds herself setting out on a quest she was not yet prepared...

All the trials and turmoils and terrors of a hero's life have done very little to prepare October Daye for the expectation that she will actually share her life with someone else, the good parts and the bad ones alike. With an official break from hero duties from the Queen in the Mists, and her family wholly on board with this new version of "normal," she's doing her best to adjust. Then an old friend and ally turns out to have been an enemy in disguise...

"October is very happy with her life as the second daughter of her pureblood parents, Amandine and Simon Torquill. Born to be the changeling handmaid to her beloved sister August, she spends her days working in her family's tower, serving as August's companion, and waiting for the day when her sister sets up a household of her own. Everything is right in October's Faerie. Everything is perfect. Everything is a lie. October has been pulled from her...