"Eleven Years Ago A few things made that day stand out more than any other: it was my sixth birthday, and my mother was wielding a knife. Not a tiny steak knife, but some kind of massive butcher that glinted in the light like a bad horror movie."

"People are pretty disturbing, " I shrugged. I was trying to keep my mannerisms and my conversations nonchalant, but it was hard to act natural when I knew I had an audience, in the form of Kai staring at the back of me.

What if your entire world was built on a lie? Park Hyemi knew she was different the day her mother tried to kill her and accused her of having been switched at birth. Although certain she’s not the monster her mother claims she is – she does feel that she doesn’t quite fit in… She’s bored and frustrated by her small town life – and then there’s the secret that she can’t tell anyone. Her mysterious ability – she can influence people’s decisions, without knowing how, or why…

When the intense and darkly handsome newcomer Kim Jongin, otherwise known as Kai suddenly turns up at her bedroom window one night – her world is turned upside down. He holds the key to her past, the answers to her strange powers and is the doorway to a place she never imagined could exist. Förening, the home of the Trylle. Finally everything makes sense. Among the Trylle, Hyemi is not just different, but special. But what marks her out as chosen for greatness in this world also places her in grave danger. With everything around her changing, Kai is the only person she can trust. But dark forces are conspiring – not only to separate them, but to see the downfall everything that Hyemi cares about. The fate of Förening rests in Hyemi’s hands, and the decisions she and Kai make could change all their lives forever…