One powerful little stone. Coveted by a man who will stop at nothing to get it back And one woman's determination to protect her son at all costs. Kitrina Maitland is thrown into an unbelievable nightmare when she buys her five year old son a strange looking stone from a garage sale. This stone has magical abilities. Abilities that are coveted by a man who has existed for centuries off its power. Now he wants it back When her ex-husband is killed in front of her and she overhears the killer talking about the stone and how they were setting her up to take the fall. Kit realizes she only has one option ... she grabs her son and runs. Detective Troy Nelson never believed Kitrina killed her ex-husband. Now he just has to prove it in time to save her from the real killer. Together they set out to stop a madman. With a little help from a magical stone and an attraction they can't deny, they foil an evil that has existed for centuries and find a love that will last a lifetime