On a stormy Texas night, Tyler Blackwell awoke from a car crash to find himself in a castle dungeon, bound under lock and key by an ephemeral jailer with haunting eyes and skin that begged for a man's touch. Mysterious Melissa Carnes—the woman Tyler was sent undercover to defend from a deadly enemy intent on destroying her life—was more tempting to Tyler than any assignment. But could Tyler penetrate the cold stone wall Melissa had built around her heart before the past emerged like a grim reaper to sentence them both to life terms...?