The town of Diablo Springs has always had a sense of being not quite right. Gracie Beck could never put her finger on what was so unsavory about her hometown, but she knows she never wants to go back. Gracie left Diablo Springs under a cloud of shame and betrayal when her grandmother sent her away.

Now, 16 years later, Gracie is being called back to Diablo Springs when her daughter, Analise, is in an accident there. Shocked at how her daughter even found Diablo Springs, Gracie rushes to her hometown, only to be met head- on by the sudden death of her grandmother and the unexpected return of her lost love.

Reilly Alexander escaped Diablo Springs and made a name for himself. Once the lead singer and songwriter of a rock band, Reilly is now a bestselling fiction novelist. He spends his time traveling from city to city promoting his books and hasn't returned to Diablo Springs, even when his brother died. Then Reilly meets a stranger at a booksigning, and while he doesn't believe her claims of ESP, the psychic does have more information about him then she should. When she tells Reilly that Gracie's grandmother has died, he lets her talk him into accompanying her and her strange friends to Diablo Springs.

When Gracie and Reilly meet again for the first time in 16 years, all the old anger and all the old passion are quick to return. But when Reilly's strange psychic companion starts talking about ghosts and curses, they find they have more troublesome things to deal with first.

Laced through the story of Gracie and Reilly is the story of Gracie's grandmother and how she came to be in Diablo Springs. Ella Beck saw her family murdered in cold blood, and then was taken in by a band of traveling prostitutes. The story of her journey to Diablo Springs reveals the source of the curse on Gracie's family. Doomed to never know a man's true love, the women in this family have all known great love only to have it brutally ripped from their grasp as soon as it's found. Now, in order to experience her own great love and protect her daughter's future, Gracie has to figure out how to break the curse.

A chilling tale of ghosts and curses, WHISPERS immediately pulls you in and won't let you go until the very last page. The twists and turns will keep you guessing in this must- read romantic suspense -- perfect for a rainy weekend.