
The murder of Countess Evening Winterrose, one of the secret regents of the San Francisco Bay Area, pulls Toby back into the fae world. Unfortunately for her, Faerie has other ideas. After getting burned by both sides of her heritage, Toby has denied the fae world, retreating into a "normal" life.

Or, in the case of October "Toby" Daye, rejecting it completely.

Half-human, half-fae, outsiders from birth, these second-class children of Faerie spend their lives fighting for the respect of their immortal relations. Secrecy is the key to Faerie's survival-but no secret can be kept forever, and when the fae and mortal worlds collide, changelings are born. The world of Faerie never disappeared: it merely went into hiding, continuing to exist parallel to our own. Synopsis of the first book, Rosemary and Rue:

The October Daye series by Seanan McGuire.
