FBI profiler Sam Connelly had come to Daniella Butler's remote Louisiana bed–and–breakfast to escape the consuming horrors of his job. But finding a dead body on her property changes everything.

There's no room in his life or his heart for a family. Or so he thinks, until a killer's threat places the irresistible innkeeper and her young daughter under his protection. As the obsessed killer inches closer to possessing Daniella, Sam must keep the beautiful blonde and her child safe. Defending them has become his greatest challenge. Losing them is not even an option