Eighteen years ago, Hermione Granger caught her boyfriend Ronald Weasley cheating on her. She vanished from the wizarding world, or so everyone thought. Now she's back, but is she the same Hermione who disappeared, or has she got a new personality and life that nobody who knew her before expected?

Lori Beck is in her 5th year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It's the start of a new school year and she's determined to make it hers. It's going smoothly... up until the new first-years are getting sorted. When the Sorting Hat calls Lori's name, she's mortified. Switching house in her 5th year? It's unheard of. But the Sorting Hat knows best and Lori knows better than to question its judgement. New friends and tangled love stories turn her life upside-down. Will Lori ever know her true house?