Set high atop a hill, Manorbrier Castle is shrouded in darkness and savage rumours: No servant has ever survived for long...Stay away from the Round Tower...There's death there...And then there is the dark lord of the manor himself...a monster, they say, and a murderer...Sinner...Emma Parrish isn't easily frightened by hearsay. She's escaped a far worse fate in order to take a position as governess at Manorbrier. Caring for Lord Craven's young son offers her a last chance to build a life for herself. She will not flee, even when she feels eyes watching her, hears strange, haunting laughter - not even when she is tempted by the alluring pull of Anthony Craven's seductive, dangerous beauty...Or Cold-Blooded Killer? A whisper of evil crawls through the shadowy halls and locked rooms of the crumbling estate. At night, Emma sees a mysterious light coming from the Round Tower. She has been warned never to set foot inside it - just as she has been warned not to fall for Lord Craven's wicked charms. But some curiosities - and deepest desires - must be satisfied. And as Emma draws ever closer to a man she cannot resist or deny, she moves nearer to the terrifying truth of his darkest secrets.