**edit 11/26/13 
 It's hard to imagine a worse familial situation than being married to two men and, due to an unfortunate concatenation of circumstances, being simultaneously pregnant with both of their children. Add in a psychotic father who wants you dead and you really have a party. So how do Kate and Curran get themselves involved with this interesting family? In Kate Daniel's world, panacea may not cure all ills, but it does help with loupism. With Julie's best friend in dire need, Curran, Kate, and most of their gang head off to Europe to try to get their hands on the magical medicine in exchange for guarding the pregnant woman from her loving relatives. 
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 Due to my disapproval of GR's new and highly subjective review policy, 
 the rest (of my long, rather cranky review) is posted over here at Booklikes. 
 Now knowing that panacea has at least a little basis in previous worldbuilding, call it ~3.3.