Blaze Robinson is a newly-renowned pagan author (a la Scott Cunningham), with all the attendant problems. He cherishes his privacy, and wishes nothing more than a peaceful Beltane holiday alone. However, his agent has persuaded him to do the one thing he hates — give a face-to-face interview with Valda Lyman, a magazine columnist and skeptic. Her satirical column has been Blaze's favorite way to laugh, so he grants the interview.

Valda has a secret reason of her own for coming to spend the week at Blaze's Florida home. Not only does she want to debunk this elite darling of the New Age crowd, but she thinks she's going crazy. She's seeing "glows" around people and things, and she's looking for a logical explanation to it all.

Sparks and magic fly when Blaze discovers Valda is young, voluptuous, and just as charmingly satirical as her column, and Valda discovers she's staying with a "real deal" witch. Beltane has never been this hot, even in Florida.