Married to a stranger...

Julie Fleming had come to tutor young Kico Vega, not marry his darkly fascinating father, Rafael. But somehow, in caring for his son, Julie had fallen under Rafael's spell. And now she was married to a man who people whispered had killed his first wife.

And once wed, her sense of danger increased. Julie found herself helpless to resist her husband, yet he held himself aloof from her. And the more she heard about Rafael's first wife, the more she began to wonder about how -- and why -- she had died. Because strange and deadly things were happening to Julie....