How does a lady escape a fate worse than death? She runs away to the fairies... When Augusta Furlough flees her vile brother to plead with the fairies to take her in, she’s rescued by a handsome stranger on a huge, dark charger, and whisked away to his home. Grateful but suspicious of his motives, she’s determined to leave and try the fairies once again. Lord Bellweather, the half-human liaison with the fairies, spent most of his youth in their realm. Now he’s taking his place in the human world and must adapt to its peculiar customs. What better prospect for marriage than a delightful lady who understands human society and also believes in fairies? But it’s not that simple, for Augusta is branded a madwoman, and Bellweather is also a hellhound, a ferocious otherworldly beast with which not even a desperate madwoman could fall in love.