Enter the world of witches and lose your pound of flesh... Cassandra Poole loses her hearing when an alluring stranger touches her in her family's apothecary. With her loss, she gains the ability to detect witches, but she will stop at nothing to find a cure, even if it means turning over other witches to the witch hunter, Lord Lyme. Niko Moore, the stranger, has powerful empathic abilities. He wants witches to remain free to cherish their abilities, but he must stand against the woman he has fallen for or risk betraying his fellow witches. Cassandra must choose who to trust, risking more than her hearing but also her humanity.