Tara secretly wished her estranged father would want her around, so when he unexpectedly contacted her, she agreed to get reacquainted. That wish turned into a nightmare. She learned that she is an Authentic Witch-the Maiden of the Moodus Coven-and the key to obliterating the black magic Haddam coven. Tara's mother took her into hiding when she was small in order to keep her alive but the Haddam's found her. Now Tara must trust the help she's found in her three close friends, one mystifying new love, and a father she barely knows as she fights for the life of her mother using a power she doesn't yet understand. And one of those trusts might cost Tara her life.