An Ancient Curse, two lonely souls, an abandoned abbey and the power of a kiss . . .Fleeing angry villagers who blame her for crime she did not commit, a young gypsy woman seeks refuge in an empty manor house. Zara hopes to remain hidden at Huntington Abbey through the winter months, and transform herself from a gypsy vagabond into an English woman. When the owner of the old abbey returns unexpectedly, Zara appears to St. John in his room, pretending to be a ghost. Deep in his cups, he does not realize she's quite alive and amusing herself at his expense. When her bold kiss unleashes a frightening transformation, changing the handsome, brooding widower into a creature of legend, she has but one option left to her . . . run!Tortured by blackouts and nightmares that mirror newspaper reports of brutal murders in London, Stephan St. John returns to his country manor, the place he fled years earlier after his wife's murder. Strange deaths occur in the region after his arrival, making him fear that his ancestral heritage is getting the better of him. Stephan is a werewolf. A gypsy cursed his family years ago, and only another gypsy can free him from the wolf. When he finds a lovely raven haired gypsy woman pretending to be a foreigner on his land, he has but one option; keep her.