Most genteel young women in Hannah Walker's position are looking for a suitor to provide the finer things in life. Hannah isn't one of them. She faces difficult challenges, not the least of which is a disappearing Pyrate Mage, the death of a beloved friend, and finding out exactly what her forbidden magick can do. Surrounded by intrigue and deception, she must determine who is friend or foe before it destroys her and the people she loves. In her darker thoughts, she wonders why after all she knows about sexy and alluring Adrian Blood, she still wants him. Adrian Blood is no gentleman and he's familiar with the stench of evil and lies. He's been alive a long time. Someone is trying to sabotage his efforts to change an inhuman agreement made by despicable men in power. As he races to find out who the traitor is, his instincts tell him Hannah is in mortal danger and needs his protection. Peril and treachery abound and it's a battle to the death as the bond between him and Hannah grows stronger.