Locked in a desk for decades, a lost poem destined to bring together the unlikeliest of partners ...He'd been wrecked but good this time. At thirty-four, down-and-out boxer Dennis Jones is loveless, motherless, penniless and directionless. When he opens his eyes after a particularly brutal fight, he sees a raven-haired, blue-eyed demon in the guise of an angel. What she wants to do to his life is laughable, insane ... Yet what does he have to lose?New Orleans Garden District socialite and poetry professor Isobel Autrey needs a fighter. One who will do what she wants with no questions asked. Someone who can cut through the obstacles between her and Edgar Allan Poe's last, undiscovered great work.Weaving through ancient secret society rites, boxing rings, the New Orleans underbelly and right back to high society, Dennis and Isobel embark on a quest to revamp his life, find the poem and possibly discover each other. If they make it—it'll be close.