Sabella Lector has always been able to work under pressure: harsh restrictions from her father, upcoming college applications, and past friendships and relationships that still haunt and frustrate her. She does her best to care after her younger brother, a pariah in her household, and a best friend who is not from her same social class. Yet it is when she discovers the ultimate secret of her true life that her character is tested: Sabella is a witch, a being of power and magic, and now the realm of witches wants her back, whether she comes willingly or by force.
When four unusual girls appear, sisters of her selected coven, and tell her the truth of her secret adoption and budding powers, Sabella must make the ultimate decision: leave with the strange girls to join them and a mysterious world that wants her back or stay and endanger herself and everyone she loves. For someone is lurking in the shadows and is watching her every move and murderous attempts are being made on Sabella's life.
Sabella must make her choice, but constantly she is warned: despite magic's beautiful enamor, it still harbors lethal thorns.