In hope of reconnecting with her ethnic ties, Arden Michaelson sets off for France to study abroad during her junior year of college for a semester, leaving her best friend and boyfriend behind. Upon arriving at the "City of Lights" she is kissed by a set of foreign lips.

Serena is the daughter of Meghan Queen of the Iron court and Ash, once prince of the Winter court. She is blessed and cursed with three powers and she might need them as something is threatening the Nevernever. Raised in the mortal world she'll need to learn how to survival the deadly world of Fairy, but will she be able to leave her old life behind?