One of the author’s favorites, and a perennial reader favorite, too. Some say Ethan Winslowe is a genius. Others whisper that he’s a monster. The truth remains a mystery, since the he never leaves the forbidding mansion that’s as much a tomb as a home. All Megan Carey knows for sure is that the reclusive architect is out to destroy her father. Desperate to save the only parent she has left, Megan travels alone to the isolated village of Oak Grove. What she finds there is worse than her darkest imaginings and more intense than her wildest fantasies. By daylight, Megan is a lonely prisoner in a luxurious cage. Her nights, she spends with a phantom. As she grows to understand this man who never emerges from the shadows, Megan has to decide. Is the threat of his need for vengeance greater than the promise of his passion? Previously published.