In alternating voices, sixteen-year-old Chicagoan Anne and handsome, magical Ethan tell of their fated quest to rescue Russian Grand Duchess Anastasia, who tells of her long captivity in the hut of legendary witch Baba Yaga.

Penelope Leland, hoping to prove herself as good a witch as her twin sister, travels to Ireland to continue her studies, but she is distracted by the dashing Niall Keating who has been ordered by his sorceress mother to seduce Pen into an evil plot.

"Everyone loves the Graces. Fenrin, Thalia, and Summer Grace are attractive, rich, and glamorous, and they've cast a spell over their high school-and their entire town. They're also rumored to have powerful connections all over the world. If you're not in love with one of them, you want to be one of them. This is especially true for River: the new girl at school. River's different from the rest of the horde that both revere and fear the Grace family....