Last spring, Nikki Beckett disappeared, ending up in a criminal underworld known as the Underworld, where immortals feed on the emotions of desperate people. Now she has returned to her old life, her family, her friends, before she is driven back to the underworld... this time for good. She has six months before she is taken, six months of goodbyes for which she cannot find words , six months to find redemption, if such a thing exists. Nikki longs to spend these months reuniting with her boyfriend, Jack. He is the one person she loves the most. But there's one problem: Cole, the immortal who first lured her to the Netherworld, has followed Nikki into the mortal world. And he will do everything he can to bring her back, this time as his queen.