When Max Savage opens his practice in the remote bayou town of Toussaint Louisiana he hopes he has put the past well behind him. He has a great reputation as a surgeon and he has his brothers by his side. Too soon Max finds he can't escape a past riddled with the accusation of murder - or the faces of two dead women. Now another woman is missing and he was the last person to see her alive. Annie Duhon knows all about nightmares that shatter dreams. But her fascination with Max grows even when disturbing rumors surface. Can she trust Max with her secrets and her deepest desires? Or will she become his next victim?

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