After the crazy events of the dog days of summer, Willow's life was mostly normal again. She was back to small-town veterinarian life, with a dash of witch-iness tossed in for good measure.

But then a strange group of witches and their guards shows up on her farm. Aunt Dru is acting all weird and secretive. And, apparently, Willow needs to be tested to see if she can keep her power. The big dog of the group, Crone Marian, is particularly scary.

Soon enough, there's another murder in tiny Superior Bay. Now Willow has to contend with being a suspect while she tries to dance around Aunt Dru's moods like a cat on a hotplate.

Can Willow unravel all the secret affairs of her new life and keep her old one on track too? Or will she succumb to the killer and be dead as a drowned rat herself?