"If being with her meant I wouldlose all reason, then I would fall into madness willingly." Sorsha Sventura is a courtesan atthe House of Night, where the rich come to play and indulge in forbidden magic. Desperate for her freedom, she strikes a dangerous bargain with her mistress:spy on Lord Corvus Stormfall, a member of the fae elite, and report on themovements of the other Houses. Corvus, a second-born son, knows hewill never live up to his father's expectations. When he arrives at the Houseof Night to collect fees for their use of magic, he meets an enchantingcourtesan, Sorsha. His attraction must be the result of enchantment. How elsecan he explain his overwhelming desire to be with her? As passion blooms between them,Sorsha and Corvus are pulled into a fae-led plot to depose the mortal royals. As secrets begin to unravel, they realize they must restore banished magic tothe realm, before the coup rips them, and their world, apart.