Something's got a spaniel familiar's tongue...and it isn't a cat. Charity Hughes is the first witch in more than a century to possess a gift like hers. She's a "familiar whisperer" - someone who can communicate with other witches' troubled familiars and resolve their problems. When Darla Fitzgerald, an influential but abrasive witch, brings in her familiar, Milo, Charity runs into a barrier she's never before encountered...