Berkley
January 2026
On Sale: January 6, 2026
Featuring: Luke Wells; Sophy Harper
336 pages ISBN: 1420531301 EAN: 9798217187348 Kindle: B0F3WRQ32Z Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook Add to Wish List
New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz dives into an enthralling new romantic suspense novel filled with deeply entrenched grudges, psychic dangers, and a conspiracy that threatens not only two families but also the entire paranormal community.
The Harper and the Wells families have regarded each other with deep suspicion for four generations. The Harpers have been known to offer their psychic talents for less-than-legal purposes, and the powerful Wells clan has a reputation for playing both sides of the street and getting away with it. But despite the years of history and distrust between them, there is a mysterious pact binding the two together. They share the responsibility for protecting a long-buried and very dangerous secret.
Sophy Harper and Luke Wells are shocked to learn that her aunt and his uncle have been sleeping together—and that they are now both missing. Not only that, but the last traces of them are at the scene of a murder soaked in negative paranormal energy. It becomes clear that someone is willing to kill to obtain the secret the Harper and Wells families have been charged with protecting. Despite their mutual distrust, which, as far as Sophy is concerned extends to Luke’s hellhound of a dog, they both know that the terms of the pact must be honored.
Their investigation uncovers a psychic trail that leads to a bizarre desert art colony where nothing is at it seems. But Luke and Sophy are concealing a few secrets, too. By a strange twist of fate, a Harper and a Wells have no choice but to trust each other and the fierce attraction that is binding them together as surely as the pact between the families.
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