When Seraphina Blake went for a hike this morning, she expected to be out of the woods by sundown, and that was all going to plan, except for when she gets bitten by a huge dog and the owner comes to her rescue. the owner, Rhodes Donovan, is Seraphina's favorite murder mystery author, a reclusive soul who lives in a Victorian mansion hidden by the trees. Rhodes doesn't want Seraphina getting herself hurt again, but what could he do to make her stay? forcing her to live with him against her will is a crime, but what else could he do? Rhodes is just too depraved to let her go...