Uncomfortable. That's how Verity Taylor has always felt. Like her life doesn't quite fit. It isn't until she runs away from everything she's ever known that she begins to find herself. The charming town of Cliffside seems like the perfect escape but it harbors a dark past. When a volatile stranger saves her life, he unintentionally pulls her into his family's twisted obsession with a curse that has plagued them for generations. The clock is ticking down the final days to prevent disaster as she slowly realizes what his family is capable of. Even though what follows is full of pain, deceit, and heartbreak, Verity finds she's never felt more like she belongs. And no matter how hard her mysterious stranger tries to keep her safe, he can't change that fate waits for no one and time has come for them both.