Past meets present when a young woman called Audrey Harrods finds a body in a trunk in the Cavan home that she had just bought, she swears it's her imagination; until she realizes the truth: her house's former owner was murdered. With strange occurrences in and around her new home, coupled with the fact that no one seems to believe her fears except the self-important solicitor Michael, Audrey strives to solve the mystery and avoid falling into the murderer's snare.

When Max Vandhurst's father goes missing from their apartment and he's attacked by a monster, he's saved by a girl called Mona, he's thrown into a secret world full of light and shadows and discovers he has the rare ability to control sunlight. With the help of the Mona and the other Lightweilders he meets he uncovers secrets about his family past some that some people would like to remain uncovered and will do anything to keep the truth out of the light.

Kerstel Teller can cause a storm with his mind an ability that has put him at odds with the small village in which he lives. One day he is whisked away to Peneagle Academy a training place for those with magic. Kerstel battles with loneliness and his aloof, mistrusting personality makes him no friends until he meets, Sersei a budding fire wielder with whom has an instant connection. But there is more to Sersei than meets the eye; a seer at the academy predicts that she will bring Kerstel's downfall. Shaken by the chilling prophecy, Kerstel watches his friend's powers grow as a threat to his own and he must make a choice between the powers that make him who his or the girl that brings a side out of him he never knew existed.