Carissa Blaine is running from the remnants of a past life After her husbands sudden death leaves her with more questions than answers shes left with little choice but to move back to her hometown of Magnolia Bayou Things in the small bayou town arent as she left them and with the bizarre becoming more and more normal Carissa is left with more questions than answers Aden McTarver is sick of hiding After a lifetime spent in the dark hes more than ready to live again and his pretty new neighbor just might be the thing that brings him back to life But when his best friend comes around with warnings of war Aden fears all his hopes may be dashed Thrown together in a world where fairytales come to life Carissa and Aden must work together to survive the things that go bump in the bayou