The sole inheritor of her late husband's fortune, Eden Lane Hatfield is convinced that someone wants her out of Hatfield Castle, preferably dead, and nothing can assuage her terror--not even the comforting presence of Garth Striker..

    Unspeakable deeds long done had bred a vicious enmity between her husband and his brothers, a legacy of malice and suspicion destined to haunt her unborn child.In a desperate attempt to find someone to trust, Brindelle struggled to unravel the dark mysteries of her new family. And all too soon she began to see that a brooding evil stalked the dimly lit passageways of Servieres...an evil that lived for nothing more than her death!

    She quickly gave the handsome Irish lord her heart, never doubting that the disconcerting gleam in her betrothed's eye stemmed from the passions of true love. But everything changed once Michael brought her home to Dunwick. Her charming husband became a brooding stranger, and she was left alone to contend with the ghostly legacy of his beautiful first wife...and the growing suspicion that Elizabeth's inheritance was all Michael ever really wanted. Frightened by the mysterious accidents that plagued her days, haunted by the deadly portent of the banshee's cry, Elizabeth began to wonder if it was her destiny to die at the hands of her beloved.

    When Catalina returns to her childhood home at El Rancho del Nublado in Mexico, she learns that someone is willing to commit murder to keep the mystery of her father's death a secret.