From the moment she arrives in California, architect Lia knows her working trip to the west coast is a disaster. The company that hired her seems determined to discredit both her work and her professionalism, and how can she blame them? The house she's renovating seems different every time she looks at it.

Lia's only consolation is Aiden: the sexy stranger she meets on Venice Beach. Though not prone to casual flings, Lia is unable to resist Aiden's hypnotic lures, until what seems at first like a source of support quickly devolves into another conundrum.

As mystery piles on mystery, even Lia's own nature comes into question, as a dark force seeks to claim her for its own evil ends.

Joined together with new friends and old, can Lia find enough strength to confront the monster that threatens them-and the very fabric of the universe?