After a summer spent reclaiming her sanity & trying to forget the boy she fell in love with by the bridge where her best friend drowned
- the boy who must not exist cannot exist because she knows that he is dead
- Abbey returns to Sleepy Hollow determined to leave the ghosts of her past behind. She throws herself into schoolwork perfume-making & her friendship with Ben her cute & funny lab partner who just might be able to help her get over Caspian once & for all. But Abbey is never going to truly be able to move on from Caspian & Caspian has no choice but to return to her side: for Caspian is a Shade & Abbey is his destiny. The two are tied not only to each other but also to the town of Sleepy Hollow & the famous legend that binds their fates
- a legend whose true ending & dark truths they are only just beginning to guess...