Since the gripping conclusion of Once a Witch Tamsin Greene has been haunted by her grandmothers prophecy that she will soon be forced to make a crucial decisionone so terrible that it could harm her family forever When she discovers that her enemy Alistair Knight went back in time to Victorian-era New York in order to destroy her family Tamsin is forced to follow him into the past Stranded all alone in the nineteenth century Tamsin soon finds herself disguised as a ladys maid in the terrifying mansion of the evil Knight family avoiding the watchful eye of the vicious matron La Spider and fending off the advances of Liam Knight As time runs out both families square off in a thrilling display of magic And to her horror Tamsin finally understands the nature of her fateful choice.