Emma is used to getting dragged into her twin sister’s magical messes, but this time her predicament is more than a minor annoyance. She’s chained to a cat shifter that her sister encased in a curse of stone. The unfortunate gargoyle is waking up. And her sister’s not there to take the heat. After a century suspended in stone, Cian would do anything to get his hands on the sorceress who put him there. His dreams of revenge turn into an animal hunger to put his hands all over her—in every delightfully wicked way imaginable. Emma doesn’t trust her own magic. She must let Cian believe she’s the culprit in order to strike a bargain: to permanently lift the curse in exchange for his tracking skills to find her missing sister. The longer she is near him the closer she comes to surrendering much more than her body to the brutal warrior. Emma dreads what could happen when he learns the truth. If he will sacrifice her to break the spell…or fight for a love that goes beyond animal instinct. A born and raised Maritimer, Sydney Somers fell in love with writing at the age of eight. Since finishing her first book in 2002, Sydney has written over twenty-five romances—one of which will forever remain hidden under her bed.When she’s not tracking down remote controls, chasing after her three very energetic children or exterminating rogue dust bunnies, Sydney can be found curled up with a good book or working on her next project. She loves to hear from readers and invites them to e-mail her anytime.