Scott MacRae, a disgraced fairy prince, is faking his way through a human cover life in Gloucester, Massachusetts in the era of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. On the fishing docks, he meets Skylar Wakefield, a lively schoolteacher from a wealthy New England family. He is immediately drawn to her, but he can't quell his fear that his vindictive, fairy queen ex-wife might someday find him and hence, destroy him by killing anyone he lets himself love.