"Autumn had been born six weeks before her due date. Maybe she wasn't complete. Perhaps God was about to give her a heart and a conscience, but she came out before she was whole."

Something is wrong with Autumn. Unfortunately, she has a way of getting her friends to do anything. Lying and manipulating are second nature to her. Fifteen-year-old Cicely Scott and her friends find themselves tangled in Autumn's web unable to free themselves as bodies pile up around them.

Cicely is at her breaking point and must find a way to free herself from Autumn's clutches. The only problem with that: Autumn won't let her go easily. Then there's poor Emma, the pretty girl who's dating Autumn's crush who mysteriously turns up missing...