Twenty-six-year-old Daphne Janes represents the accused population in the isolated and walled city of Portmere. With only three years left on her indenture, she's desperate to finish her contract and start over, far away from the arrogant, infuriatingly handsome prosecutor who thrives on making her job impossible.

 

Warren Harrington has spent his life chasing the approval of a father who only sees him as a poor replacement for his dead older brother. As a star Crown Prosecutor and the son of a Councilman, Warren has never had the luxury of questioning the system he upholds —until he’s forced by his father to join the ruling body that oversees it. But when greater magic suddenly resurfaces in Portmere, Daphne and Warren find themselves on similar sides of a dangerous mystery.

 

While the government tightens its grip and becomes increasingly hostile toward its citizens, the city teeters toward a revolution. As Daphne and Warren uncover secrets that threaten everything they’ve believed in, they discover there’s more to the city than meets the eye – and magic might be a lot closer than they think. They must choose between protecting the system that made them enemies or risking it all to bring it down…before it is too late.