When a tragic accident claims the life of her twin brother, Noble, Celeste is forced to cut her hair, wear boys' clothing, and take on Noble's identity by her grieving and unstable mother, a woman obsessed with New Age superstitions.

Growing up in a hardscrabble West Virginia mining town, Melody Logan often wished that her flighty, movie-star-gorgeous mother, Haille, wasn't so unhappy. But in the warmth of her wonderful father's unwavering love, Melody always felt safe and secure - until a dreadful mining accident tore her from her family's moorings. Melody was still devastated by her father's death when she came home from school to find her mother gaily packing suitcases. Soon...

After her aunt suddenly dies, sixteen-year-old Summer learns about the Hudson family secrets and discovers that both she and her cousin Harley are in grave danger.

After Christie Longchamp's parents die in a fire, she and her brother go to live with her uncle where more trouble begins.