After running away from the shadows of the war and finding a new life and fiancé in muggle London, Hermione is faced with a ghost from her past who refuses to let her go on living a lie.

When Draco Malfoy, a suburban thug with nothing better to do than cause trouble and run from the police, climbs through his next door neighbor's window in hopes of hiding away he finds himself dodging thrown books and accusations from a very disgruntled Hermione Granger. And, despite heated arguments over right and wrong, Draco is tempted to steal Hermione's heart away.

Strange recollections haunt both the rising Deatheater and Order member as the war wages on after Harry Potter's death at the Battle of Hogwarts. Despite being on different sides, and fighting to kill one another, will simmering feelings from an unknown past stop them in their tracks?

After Hermione takes a devastating blow from Ron, her long-term boyfriend, Ginny forces her to go to the local club whose ways of letting people let loose comes in the form of a pill that changes their appearance. Under a disguise she'd rather not have, Hermione bumps into someone she wasn't expecting.