Life is good for Rory Hawthorn. She's progressing well in her magical lessons and is also finally unearthing her father's long-kept secrets. If not for the Grim Reaper trying to interfere in her love life, things would be perfect. Until the Grim Reaper goes missing, at the same time as a lethal curse is set loose in Ivory Beach which leaves even Rory's family stumped. With the local curse-breaker being as unhelpful as ever, a particularly annoying local celebrity in town and the vampires scheming, it's a wonder she has any time to uncover the secrets her father kept hidden in his journal - even if his past is linked to the present in more ways than she knows. Can Rory and Xavier put an end to the deadly curse and win themselves back into the Grim Reaper's good graces?