For 21-year-old Annette Blackburn, life is nothing but a series of misfortune. Having fled America and then London from her family's deadly reputation, she's branded herself as a beacon of death and destruction. Her only purpose is to keep her little brother safe, no matter the cost. When rumors beginning spreading through Opera de Populaire of her reputation, she stumbles across a man who wears a mask. It is a quiet, mutual understanding that gives way to friendship. When people start showing up dead, Annette has to prove her new friend's unexpected innocence, or she risks losing all she's ever loved.