Growing up on Rainshadow, Charlotte Enright knew better than to ever go
into the Preserve, until that one fateful night with Slade Attridge -- a
night neither of them would forget. Now, fifteen years later, both have
returned to the island: Charlotte to take over her late aunt's antiques
shop and Slade to fill the police chief's position. Able to read auras,
Charlotte senses something amiss in Slade, but that doesn't stop her
from wanting him -- again. That is, as long as his dust bunny "deputy"
keeps his paws off her merchandise. Hiding a psi injury, Slade is afraid
of his powerful desire for Charlotte. But a series of increasingly
violent crimes draws them closer together -- and into the darkness at
the heart of the Preserve...