Well-known journalist Annabelle Carlyle is stunned by the
personal twist of her latest assignment: her best friend
Vanessa is missing. Annabelle goes undercover in the Old
South to search for answers. Full of thick accents and a
way of life rooted in the past, Charleston is as foreign and
strange a place as any she's visited. Before finding a
single clue, Annabelle encounters a sexy man she can't shake.
Tall, dark and charming, Mark Dering is happy to show the
gorgeous Yankee his hometown. He's captivated by the quick
witted, quick tempered redhead. But when they're shot at,
he realizes she's far more than just another tourist. Soon
they're deep into a mystery that goes way back to the Civil
War. For once Annabelle is in over her head. Desperate to
find Vanessa, she reluctantly accepts Mark's help and it
isn't long before romance blooms.
The stakes grow higher when a body is discovered. Someone
is willing to kill to keep a century old Confederate secret
hidden. With her best friend missing and a killer on the
loose, it's the worst possible moment for Mark to try and
unlock Annabelle's heart. Or is love exactly what her life's
been missing?