Shae M. Bailey

Thirty years ago, Amelia Vaux Tanner and her husband built a house high on the bluffs, a cottage they named Chateau Laveau. For decades, “Ama” played host to American presidents, Wall Street titans, and cultural icons. But her favorite guests have always been her three “goddaughters”: Esperanza “Perry” Soto, a beautiful, talented Afro-Latina lawyer with Ama’s strong, yet guarded personality; Olivia Jones, a gifted Wall Street analyst with Ama’s brilliant, logical mind; and Billie Hayden, a gifted marine biologist and rule-breaker with Ama’s courageous free spirit.

After two years on the run, the novelty of traveling the world as fugitives has lost its luster for Jessica and Daniel. Jessica's family has promised her to a pure-blooded centaur despite her love for Daniel. Camille proclaimed that arranged marriages were a thing of the past, but tradition runs deeper than laws. If they want a shot at a life together, Daniel and Jessica must face off with her family and the family she has been promised to. Will the magic in their veins deliver a safe passage to the future, or will it be too diluted to save them from the present?

For their 45th anniversary, wealthy science buffs Hank and Molly Nonnar decide to fund an experimental rejuvenation procedure, with only one condition: that they be the first subjects.