Claire McIntyre tried to disregard the murders-the headlines of ladies stabbed to loss of life, the city’s installation fear. She tried to forget, as well, the painful past she’d left out in Massachusetts…and concentrate on her entrancing new lease of life with Marc Bonnard. He was a guy of wealth and sophistication, who covered her inside a spell of erotic desire. By itself with Marc and his little daughter in his classic, elegant house, Claire could nearly neglect her loneliness…could almost believe that she loved him. But as the brutal fatalities continued, Claire discovered a terrifying top secret, a problem that became her very own. Trapped inside a sinister internet of ancient vows and grisly revenge, she fled into the proud, indifferent city, searching for help, to get a safe escape. Today, as rain falls softly down, she must outwit a killer whose mad cunning knows no bounds, a murderer who’ll find her no matter where she hides.