Reviewer's Choice Award Winner | Best Contemporary Fantasy of the Year For beautiful, independent Olivia Travanelle, redesigning the gardens of a historic Charleston estate is the job of her dreams. But as she gets to know her enigmatic and highly reclusive employer, Alexandre Chaubere, she finds herself drawn to his strangely powerful presence and seductive charms. Just when Olivia begins to revel in her newfound freedom and the hope for something more, her painful past comes back to haunt her. And when it does, Alexandre is forced to reveal a deep, dark secret of his own-one that stretches back through time and threatens to destroy the fiery love that could be theirs for the taking.