Genre: Mystery Romance
Thirty-five-year-old widow and family counselor, Jill Windham, had barely moved into her 65-year-old Victorian-style house in Grandfalls, Texas, when she heard rumors that Kern Lyon, the dark, enigmatic man who sold her the house, may have murdered his sister in order to inherit the estate.
Strange events occur beginning with her first night in the house when pranksters release ferrets in her basement. But when her house is burglarized twice, she is convinced there is something valuable hidden within its walls.
Despite all the warnings from her neighbor, Kern, Jill’s infatuation with him ignites into a reckless and dangerous affair. Even after she discovers a disturbing hand-scrawled note on the back of a puzzle stating that Kern murdered his sister, she is too smitten by him to turn it in to the police. But she must. Her very life depends on it.