When a small town psychiatric patient is hunted by a leather-clad Reaper, she must decide if she can trust her heart to the only man who might be able to save her life. The docs say seventeen year old Michale Morgan is a schizophrenic. Her parents agree, and then ship her off to live with her eccentric great aunt. When immortal pacifist Lysander and his smart-mouthed watcher crash Michale's group therapy session, Michale discovers she's stuck in a reincarnation loop. Reaper Fate is not satisfied to simply end Michale's current life, but strives to entrap her soul, breaking this unnatural cycle of death and rebirth forever. Michale becomes desperate to prevent her very essence from being pickled and left to rot in a dusty corner of some cosmic pantry for the rest of eternity. Clearly everyone can't have their way. While Fate chases them across country, through a casino, a life insurance seminar, and a backwoods honkytonk, Michale must learn to trust Lysander enough to save her life- and maybe even her heart. Meanwhile, Lysander must choose between his vow of peace and the love of his immortal life. If they fail in this life, there may not be another.