Will Nathaniel find his former home no longer a mausoleum of horrors? Will Serena's grandfather rip her from the safety she has found in her lover's arms?
At his brother's insistence, Nathanial has returned to Greystoke Manor; his ancestral homethe prison of his youth. It is time for him to accept the inheritance he tried to escape and face the ghosts of his past. Thinking the manse dwelling deserted, he finds a female hiding in the stables. As the mystery unravels, Nathaniel is shot, Serena is abducted, and now he must rescue the woman who has captured his heart.
In a desperate attempt to escape her grandfather, Serena Fielding does not care she has nowhere to go. How she will live is not the concern, but that she will. For if she stays under her grandfather's roof any longer, she will surely die. Serena's fear and fortitude force her on a desperate journey. One where she fights to survive, and fights the awareness a dark lord has awakened within her.