Amis, portraying herself as Sabrina Matheson, was living a relatively normal, happy life when a break-up and a well-intentioned recovery trip kicked off a chain of events that would leave the life she once knew in shambles. She realizes that her step-grandmother, who influenced the spiritual aspect of serial killer David Berkowitzs' life, also indirectly influenced her spiritual life, but in an adverse way. To help cope with a diffi cult break-up, Amis' father sends her on vacation to Jamacia with her best friend. It is there that she almost instantly becomes "consumed into the fi re," when she is introduced to a man named Gary, and the other worlds of witchcraft. She quickly found herself in the middle of a domestic violence situation, and it became increasingly diffi cult for her to be a mother to her two children. The memories of the materialistic life that her father introduced her to when she was a teenager, did not alleviate any of the drama.