"Promise me, little elf." Evangeline Frost had a plan, once. Attend a prestigious art school, become a renowned painter. It was a dream she shared with her father, one that was ripped away in the car accident that claimed his life. At California's Kindred Hides Wildlife Preserve, Evangeline thought she had finally grieved for her father and moved on. But now, halfway around the world in Zambia at a new sanctuary for animals, Evangeline finds herself haunted by old memories ... and a promise she has yet to fulfill. Nightmares plague her dreams. Caster's flirtations confuse her. And when poachers invade the preserve, they leave behind a devastation that threatens to break her apart. Now Evangeline lives for a different dream: to save the lives of every animal who calls the preserve home, no matter the cost. A crusade that strains her budding relationship with Caster, a mission taking her further away from dreams of the past ? and gives her an orphaned elephant calf to call her own. Evangeline Frost has a new plan. Protect the preserve and keep a promise that will finally heal her heart ...or put her very life at risk.