Emma Talbot is a history and music professor with a strange secret. She is really an immortal Greek woman named Emeralda, who has been alive since the reign on King Aigeus. She has watched as the creatures of the world that people call 'myths' have worked their way into common society. She has watched the world grow and change. But while her immortality may seem like a gift, it is also a curse. She has suffered centuries of torment waiting to find someone to share her immortal life with. In present day Mississippi, her quiet life and heartbreaking quest continue.