Aoife has returned.Back with her family after her adventures in the Land of the Young - where she rescued her younger sister Eva, narrowly escaping the evil fairy Dorocha - she is adjusting to life in the human world. But this is hard when you are trying to contain an otherworldly power . . . and even harder when you've been thought dead, mourned by those you love.Aoife's world collapses completely when Shay, her fellow traveller and love of her life, abandons her. He is a lenanshee - and it is dangerous to love, and be loved, by such a fairy.But Shay is trapped in his own web of desire, as dark forces move against the pair. When he is taken in by a beautiful demon, this can only mean a return to the Fairy World. Aoife - with her best friend Carla - must battle old and new enemies, meet old and new friends, and use all her Fairy Powers to save Shay - her true Beloved.And when days in the Fairy World are months in the human world, time runs out very fast indeed . . .