Marie and Kevin Ellis are at odds. After his infidelity with his former assistant, Sylvia, Marie finds it hard to trust him again. However, when Sylvia winds up dead under mysterious circumstances and strange dreams begin to plague Marie and her friends, she finds herself fighting against the one thing she thought she always had under control, her imaginary world. The Dark King, the primary villain of her successful book series, is moving in her world without Marie's aid. Now she must marshal herself and her friends against him to keep him from truly coming through and causing more damage, including possibly sending her husband to jail for murder.