Phoebe Johnson and Ethan Smith had everything they needed: loving parents, great friends, and admission letters to Ivy League schools they'd be heading to in the fall. If only they knew that they were never going to reach the end of that summer--at least, not in the world they knew. A secret waits to be revealed on the eve of their nineteenth birthday, a secret that is going to change their lives forever when it leads them to a place they never believed existed, love they could never imagine living without, and power they never suspected they possessed. Jess Bowen expertly plunges readers into an imaginative, supernatural world that refuses to bow down to the darkness that's all but taken over. Amidst this adventurous quest for a lost prophecy, Bowen weaves in powerful tales of love that will leave the characters and readers breathless.Jess was born in sunny, southern California. How her home base is now West Virginia, she's still not sure. She spent several years moving along the southern states before landing in West Virgina when she was seven and she's been there ever since. She started writing when she was fifteen, sure then it was all love letters to her boyfriend at the time, but they were works of art...that are hopefully now all burned in some cleansing ritual.