of the three point-of-view characters. Since birth she has had the Sight; the ability to see faeries. Aislinn longs for an ordinary life, but due to circumstances before her birth and beyond her control, she is bound to Keenan and the fey world, regardless of her feelings and fears. She struggles to find comfort and balance between her two worlds, though Seth helps to provide both, and seeks to keep him and her mortals friends safe from the unseen world. Seth Morgan: Aislinn's friend and love interest. Even-tempered and open-minded, he trusts Aislinn's story when she informs him of the invisible world beyond his sight. Seth becomes her calm and guiding hand, but also a target to those who do not wish to see Aislinn take up the mantle of Summer Queen. As events unfold, their relationship develops and is tested in varying ways, and though flirty, never pushes Aislinn, allowing her to define the extent of their relationship. Keenan: The Summer King and one of the three point-of-view characters. Born of both the Summer and Winter courts, his mother bound his powers after killing his father. To return to his full strength, a suitor chosen by his dreams must freely choose to take the Winter Queen's staff and risk the same fortune as Donia and be found worthy of the mantle of Summer Queen. Keenan has a temperament as volatile as summer itself; warm and inviting, or wild and stormy. Donia: (Don-ya) The Winter Girl and one of the three point-of-view characters. Former object of Keenan's dreams, she once risked the Winter Queen's chill and lost, and has since been subject to her will and rules; she must dissuade Keenan's potential suitor from taking the Winter Queen's staff and restoring power to the Summer court. Still bitter over the consequences, Donia shies away from her lingering feelings for Keenan, though still wishing she was his queen. Beira: The Winter Queen and Keenan's mother. Though once believed to have truly loved the late King of Summer, the faery of Chaos manipulated her onto killing her lover and father of her child, and bind the powers of her son so as to rein unchecked and bring disorder to the faery and mortal realms alike. Grams: Aislinn's grandmother. She also has the Sight, and has raised Aislinn from birth. She wishes to protect Aislinn from the faery world, but in doing so