Allie Beckstrom would rather moonlight as a Hound than accept the family fortune—and the strings that come with it. In this magical analog of Portland, Ore., magic use comes at a cost—hers include migraines and memory loss.

When she discovers a boy dying from a magic Offload with her father's signature, her father is murdered. Allie's quest for truth involves her country friend and the handsome man originally assigned as her bodyguard.

Someone is forging magic signatures—and hers is on her dead father. The forces she calls on in her search will make her capable of things others will do anything to control.