Sara Latimer's last relative has died. Heartbroken and feeling totally alone, Sara moves to the family home she had just inherited, Witch Hill, only to find that she is shunned by most of her neighbors.

Finally Matthew Hay, one of her only allies, explains that Sara's aunt was a powerful, evil witch and that the townspeople fear that Sara is following in her footsteps. Matthew and his lady love, Tabitha, are also witches, and they too believe that Sara has her aunt's powers -- and that she is ready to be possessed by her aunt's waiting spirit.

Sara crumbles under the steady onslaught Matthew and Tabitha's evil. For a time, her love for Brian Standish keeps her sane, but a last Sara is lost in a maelstrom of dark power and sex and magick.