Another full moon, another victim. All month he's been waiting, his fury building day by day until he's forced to unleash it, relishing his prey's terror. Then he feels purged, clean, calm. Until it begins again...Ivy Pennington has seen her share of horrors as an E.R. doctor. Nothing compares to the young woman wheeled in, barely alive, with a broken heart carved into her chest. And the detective assigned to the case, Vincent D'Ambruzzi, is proving an expert at getting under Ivy's skin. But more unsettling still are the flowers, notes, and phone calls she's starting to receive...Somehow, Ivy has become a madman's obsession. Everything he does is for her, every move draws her deeper into his web. And when the moon is full, he'll show her just how far he'll go to make her his...