Accustomed to looking for love in all the wrong places, Michaela Daniels arrives in Ireland to compete in the Dublin Horse Show. On her first night in town, she meets a seductive Irishman with ancient secrets to hide--and a jealous girlfriend who, like he himself, possesses esoteric powers. When Liam O'Neill meets Michaela for the first time, the attraction between them is instant--and mutual. Pleased to learn that she's a friend of the wife of a fellow Council member, he's looking forward to seeing her again. A time that arrives sooner than he expects. When she's thrown from her horse during the competition, their friend requests that he transport her to County Clare in his chopper. The change of plans leaves disgruntled date taking a commercial flight home. Suffering terrifying nightmares and monstrous visions, Michaela fears that she's suffering a traumatic brain injury from the accident. But the tone and tenor of these phantasms has the Council of Brehons considering a far different possibility. Might Michaela be the Woman they are seeking, the One prophesied in the ancient scrolls, who will save all humankind from the ravages of the Beast's Awakening?