Once the seeds of desire are sown .

Finally free of her suffocating marriage, widow Daisy Ellis Craigmore is ready to embrace the pleasures of life which have always been denied her. Yet her new-found independence is short lived. A string of unexplained murders has brought risk to Daisy’s door, forcing her to turn towards the most unlikely of saviors . . .

Their growing passion knows no bounds . . .

Ian Ranulf, the Marquis of Northrup, has spent lifetimes concealing his primal nature from London society. But now a vicious killer threatens to expose his secrets. Ian must come out from the shadows and safeguard the stunning, fearless Daisy, who awakens in him wishes he thought long inactive. As their search to unmask the villain draws them closer together, Daisy has no choice but to reveal her own startling secret, and Ian must encounter the undeniable truth: Losing his heart to Daisy could be the only way to save his soul.