In this gothic tale of love betrayed, Candace Camp returns to the wilds of the English countryside, first seen in Camp's previous novels 'Beyond Compare' and 'Mesmerised'.
This time the story follows the murder of a young servant girl and the old legend of a vicious killer that surrounds the Winterset estates. Anna Holcombe and Reed Moreland must find the killer, meanwhile struggling to deny their tragic past that ended in a marriage refused and try to ignore the passions that still lie in wait . . .