Riordan moves from Cork, Ireland, to Odowser, Florida. She hates change and wants to move back. This is all until she sees the boy next door. Will Odowser treat her kindly, or should she have stayed in Ireland and never met him?

Jordie Cheng angered a goddess by stealing her lover. Her price? To be cast into the past, forced to work her way through each decade as a traitor. Beginning in 1900, Jordie must capture the heart of a potential lover, only to break it. She falls into a steady routine of heartache--until 1990. Trinity University of Vermont. Jordie finds herself in the company of an art student desperate to prove his skills, and who sees Jordie as the perfect inspiration. Hungry to let herself experience "life" this time, Jordie turns her back on the curse that will kill her by the year's end if she doesn't succeed. But competition is brewing among artists in the school, and the goddess is keeping a close eye on Jordie. Only she doesn't know whether she can bring herself to be the villain this year.