Lila Nova lives alone in a plain white box of an apartment. Recovering from a heartbreaking divorce, she finds that her life is like her home: simple, new, and empty. But when she meets a handsome plant seller named David Exley, an entire world opens up before her eyes. Late one night Lila stumbles across a strange laundromat and sees a fern so highly prized that a tiny cutting can fetch thousands of dollars. The owner of the laundromat, Armand, presents Lila with a test: if she can make a cutting from a fire fern grow roots, he will show her the secret of his locked room. But with one terrible mistake Lila ruins her chance to see Armand's plants. The only way to win it back is to travel, on her own, to the Yucatán. Deep in the rain forests of Mexico, Lila enters a world of shamans and spirit animals, snake charmers, and sexy, heart-stopping Huichols. Alone in the jungle, Lila is forced to learn more than she ever wanted about nature -- and about herself.