A New Orleans detective will do anything to protect a vulnerable woman from a serial killer's twisted plan in this steamy romantic suspense novel. A columnist for the Big Easy's hottest erotic magazine, Britta Berger has heard her share of wild, hidden desires. But beneath her sophisticated facade, Britta is running from much darker secrets . . . including the terrifying night she barely survived. Now someone from her past has returned to play a merciless game. And only one man can help her . . . Detective Jean-Paul Dubois knows instinctively that Britta is the key to ending the string of vicious ritualistic murders that plague his city. But still haunted by his past, he must resist the dangerous attraction between them. For lurking deep in the shadows of the bayou, a killer waits to end her life—and their future—with one devastating final strike.