Realht Tara Mason wants hts out of her trip to the city of dreae and off the beaten path But is it her own curiosity that draws her to an ancient cemetery on the outskirts of Paris? Or is she lured by a dark, immortal force she is powerless to resist? When she realizes so closer and closer, how quickly the dreaht He calls hiuardian He is sworn to protect the innocent froht up to her in the abandoned ruins of a country estate, he insists Tara must trust him She has carelessly exposed herself The evil has seen her, but he vows it will not claim her