Jessica Charmichael is 26, a recent college grad who has recently returned to the old family home on the coast. She is also cursed. Her grandmother Abigail had become involved in identifying murderers of a young boy. Her family was cursed and Alice inherits. In desperation, she reaches out and finds a wizard, Mhel'Sargonus - who assists and teaches her how to deal with those who want to bring the curse into modern times and return bodily to the present.