Charlotte Neville is stuck within a life where she simply watches from the sidelines, too afraid to do anything more. Her sisters are nothing like her, they know how to enjoy what’s to offer and actually make themselves noticed. Charlotte’s sense of safety crumbles however, when a stranger enters her life and befriends her family. They seem to adore him, but there’s something about him that just feels wrong and Charlotte is doomed to find out the truth…
Black shadows appear within the Crystal Ring, bringing confusion and fear to those who inhabit it. Charlotte Neville and her lover Karl von Wultendorf find themselves, despite being separated by emotional conflict, deeply embedded in the scheme of three mysterious figures that wish to preform a questionable ceremony.