Fate may be fashionable, but she's also heartless. How do you outwit Fate? This is the problem that Karen, a single mother who's struggling to make ends meet, encounters as she stumbles into the worst job on earth: transporting souls into the afterlife. Once Karen accepts the Ferryman's payment, she is bound to do his job until Fate decides otherwise. Fate is both stylish and ruthless, and from the moment they meet face-to-face Karen is continually seeking a way to be rid of her difficult employer.