Will the bayou with its mysteries protect them or pull them down into its depths?

Proprietress of the Rose Noire salon and New Orleans native Mia LeMay has secluded herself in the French Quarter--a place safe for those with secrets--for as long as she can remember. But when Mia is witness to a murder, fear and desire morph into one when agent Rick Ryder barges into her cloistered world.

With Mia as his guide they enter the glades of Louisiana looking for a killer, but find more mystery and specters in the swampland. The darkness is a lure to Mia and Rick as they discover attraction in the shadows that are a welcome cover for a killer. Together, as they start to fall in love, nothing is what it seems--least of all the ghosts of their pasts.