Convinced a deadly elixir will secure her status as sole heir, Sombre poisons her sister, Soleil Lumen. Instead of killing her, the concoction gives Soleil the ability to summon the one who holds the keys to death and life.This man—who prefers the name Vidus, thank you very much—finds himself strangely drawn to the mortal who first generated him. He agrees to lend Soleil his power so she can harness her own in the feudal society they live in.
Soleil must then resist her father’s attempts to marry her off to the nobles who are more interested in the Lumen fortune than the woman at the center of it all. But falling in love with a reaper is not without its pitfalls, as Soleil will soon discover.