Growing up with an absentee father and a deceased mother is bound to leave scars on your heart. No matter how much love Ariel got from her grandparents, those scars compelled her to prove that she was the best. At everything. When her father's friend gave her the chance to escape her competitive compulsion, Ariel was in just the right mood to take him up on the offer. When he showed her just how Talented she really was, Ariel reveled in her new-found skills and the opportunities to use them. In her new life, Ariel had it made, and knew it--beautiful home, beautiful friends, and the medical practice of her dreams Falling in love seemed, at first, like a bonus. But there is a cloud for every silver lining, and the challenges to Ariel's perfect world came quickly as she started choosing between love and the life she had so recently discovered. Join Ariel as she discovers her Talents and the world of possibilities they open up; explores romantic love with all its complications; and finds that even her Talents don't protect her from the evil that invades even the most idyllic life.