'Maybe it would be better if I started at the beginning.' Gran watched me carefully. 'This ability we have; my mother, me. You. We draw heat along our bodies; anger makes us flame.' When her friend is assaulted, Corinne Peterson can't help reacting. But she didn't think and now her hands are burnt, Gran is coming to look after her and, scariest of all, strange men are watching her house. Could they be terrorists? Secret agents? It seems that Gran's idea of a solution is to introduce Corinne to Rowan. Okay, sure, maybe eighteen year old Rowan is gorgeous - but he has his own troubles. And right now, Corinne doesn't need complications in her life. But in a world of surveillance and secrecy, complexity is inevitable. And as the tension mounts Corinne realizes - maybe Gran can help her, after all. Warning: contains coarse language and sexual references