Wanda A. Wallace

Elixir Views mistakes Lance Minchner for a soothsaying customer when she takes his hand and reads a message of death for that very evening. Unfortunately, she must operate within a code of conduct she's helped create to avoid destroying all her paranormal family has built, so she cannot tell him the truth. Cleverly she alters the man's plans, but a nightmare suggests his death merely postponed, not banished.

New York City in 1835 proves a dangerous place as she discovers family deceit, gambling weaknesses, substantial wealth, and unhappy creditors threaten those for whom she cares. Even the assistance from a detective is helpful but she discovers that at the end of the day, vengeance still has a way of finding you.