The Lane women are bibliomancers, but Cassie sees her divination not as a gift, but as a curse—one from which she desperately wants to escape. It turns out, though, that running from her fate isn't as easy as she thought it would be. When a woman goes missing, and a neighbor turns up dead, Cassie turns to the books she's always avoided to help her find the truth.

A prequel in the Book Magic Mystery series.