As children, Anastasia and Breanna Colby swore always to protect each other. So when Anastasia comes to live with Breanna and realizes that her uncle is involved in a sinister scheme that places both young women in deadly danger, she turns to the only help she can think of: the man who holds the reins to her considerable fortune. From the moment Anastasia meets the enigmatic Damen Lockewood, Marquess of Sheldrake, blazing passion flares. But can thoughts of love be indulged in the face of overwhelming peril?

With her father locked away and her beloved cousin at her side, Breanna Colby can now pursue the joys she's been denied -- or so she thinks. But an evil from the past stalks her and Anastasia, and the authorities can't find the assassin lurking in the dark. The Colbys turn to Royce Chadwick, England's foremost expert on finding people who don't want to be found, and he soon finds himself losing his heart. But a future with Breanna can never be -- unless Royce kills the assassin before the assassin kills them.