After cutting ties with her controlling family, she finally settles into her dream of becoming a schoolteacher. She’s happy until the letters begin, left on her desk every morning, each one more intimate than the last. A secret admirer. Watching. Waiting. Samantha tries to ignore them and focus on her students, especially Holland St. Claire, a mute little girl in her class with haunted eyes and disturbing paintings that feel less like art and more like messages. When Holland’s father starts showing up late and distant, Samantha fears something is wrong with the St. Claires and she is determined to find out. Until she meets Julian St. Claire and is immediately lost in his eyes. He offers Samantha a job babysitting Holland and she cannot resist. But just as she begins to get drawn into their world, New Everest’s notorious playboy and Crown Prince, Evander De Navarre, takes an interest in her. He is used to getting whatever he wants and now he wants her. As the letters turn threatening and her ex’s mysterious disappearance begins to haunt her again, Samantha realizes she must find the missing piece that ties them all together. Her life is at stake.