newly widowed gabriella deveaux left boston with her young daughter for an open-ended stay at shadow haven,her family's louisianna bayou home.but the comfort she sought by returning to her creole roots is absent from the start.the estate is in ruins.her late husband's wealthy family is aggressively pursuing custody of her child.her gifts for contacting the spirit world,the deveaux's women's trait that has always guided her,seems to have vanished.and uncovering the true motivations of handsome lawyer jarrod landry has set her heart on a crash course of desire and fear.and a dark evil is moving in....someone near her is leading her to grave danger...