Willow is a very strong willed individual, who seems to me has very low self-esteem. She has a gift but instead of embracing that gift, she wills herself to be normal. As her gifts mature she is finding it harder and harder to deny them. I had a hard time liking this character. Ben Fortune, Willow's soul-mate, embraces his psychic self and returns to New Orleans when he finds out Willow may be in trouble. He will not let Willow get rid of him "this time". He's in for the long haul. Enter the Embrans, a race of demon like creatures that live underground. They are dying out, I think because of their interaction with the human species (this was not well outlined). They want Willow because they believe she can help cure their species. It's an interesting story line, a bit garbled and hard to follow, but I did finish it. I had the "bad guys" figured out before the climax and that irked me, I like a story to keep me guessing until the end. All in all a good read but not one were you can put your mind on the back burner and just read.