Mary had her life all planned out. A summer in the French mountains researching the Cathars would be the launch pad for a prestigious academic career. She was confident that she had had rebuilt her life after the traumatic and violent end to her marriage. In these peaceful Pyrenean mountains the bloody persecution of the Cathars by the inquisition haunts her dreams. Her nightmares mix the violent history of the region with flashbacks to her own painful past. In this state she discovers a plan that would damage her recently discovered heritage site. There are a group of people who don't want her research to be made public. Mary meets John, also staying in the same mountain resort, who is trying to come to terms with the dark secrets in his past. Can these two scarred people help each other and at the same time protect the archaeological remains? Who amongst the bizarre group of people that they meet can be trusted? Will they discover the happiness that they have each been seeking for a long time? Jean de Beurre knows the Capcir plateau well and tells a tightly paced story of mystery and intrigue, tinged with the hope of finding love. This novel is about 70,000 words.