A lush Victorian B&B, chilled champagne for two, and a top-of-the-line metal detector—Tai Randolph is ready for Valentine's Day. Unfortunately, Trey Seaver—her sexy if somewhat challenging boyfriend—is not cooperating. He rightly suspects that Tai's got more than romance on her mind, and he's determined to uncover her agenda before setting one foot in the bedroom. Tai has one night to convince him that hearts and flowers and sleuthing really do mix, even in a deserted inn filled with history and stories and maybe even lost Confederate gold.

"Not Even Past" is a short story by Tina Whittle, author of the Tai Randolph & Trey Seaver series featuring not-quite-professional sleuth Tai and her ex-SWAT partner Trey. It sets the stage for the fifth book in the series, Reckoning and Ruin.