Ariane Tucker is the result of a genetic experiment--cross human and alien DNA, and see what happens. The only thing is, she escaped. Now she is on the run while hiding in plain sight as a teen in a small Wisconsin town. Her adoptive father, the one who helped her escape, has given her rules to follow at all costs in order not to be discovered. One of them is don't fall in love. She has just broken that rule--and it will cost her.

Ghost-talker Will and his cranky spirit-guide Alona Dare, who is still trapped in the body of Lily Turner a month after being hit by a bus, consult a psychic in their continuing effort to separate Alona's spirit from Lily's body.