From “the queen of romantic suspense” （The Columbus Dispatch）， #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts， two rival journalists become Partners while pursuing a story where they find themselves risking their lives—and their hearts。

New Orleans is a city of desire and danger。 Investigative reporters Laurel Armand and Matthew Bates walk its streets and reveal its secrets in competing bylines。 When they’re assigned to work together on a murder case， the underlying tension between them becomes undeniable passion。 It is a distraction neither can afford professionally or personally。 But as their partnership grows， so does the threat of a predator with an insatiable bloodlust…