Born able to see the dead, Elarra Thornewood is branded a curse by her family, who favor her spoiled adopted sister Seraphina. When Seraphina`s fiancé Lord Lucian Aurelius falls into cursed soul sleep—body alive, soul lost—she scorns the match. For freedom and fortune, Elarra offers to marry him in her place. She tends him day and night, unaware his ghost hears every word. When Lucian wakes and uncovers the truth, her curse is her greatest strength, and her key to a new life.