Carla Neggers has a magic touch for weaving spine-tingling suspense with romance so sensual it takes your breath away. Here sheâs at her best, in a delightful potpourri of dangerous intrigue, enchanting wit, and spellbinding desire.
This time Piper Macintoshâs great-aunt has really gone too far. Eighty-seven-year-old Hannah, who fancies herself a witch, has sold her historic Cape Cod house to a Tennessean whom she claims is the man for her niece. Piper doesnât think theyâre a likely matchâparticularly not after she meets the reclusive tycoon while trespassing in his garden.
Clate Jackson has come to the windswept Cape to forget, not to get involved with the woman whoâs digging up valerian root for her great-auntâs crazy potions. But when Hannah reveals an old family secret and warns of danger on the horizon, Clate reluctantly works with Piper to solve a long-ago murder. Unraveling the secrets of Clateâs past, however, will take what only Piper can supply: her healing love and her own boldly passionate heart...