Since the age of nine, Jennifer Franklin has been haunted by the same terrifying dream, over and over. She is stunned one day to read her dream, word for word, in the pages of a bestselling novel by New Orleans author Brett McCormick. She makes it a point to meet him, and their reaction to each other startles them both. It's as if . . . they've known each other forever. Jennifer believes they have, because her heart remembers him. Brett does not believe in such nonsense, but he is still unable to resist the attraction between him and Jennifer.Fate, and Brett's desire to protect Jennifer from whoever is stalking her, takes them to a plantation near Baton Rouge and plunges them into a cauldron of feelings and memories both terrifying and loving, as they find themselves mirroring the lives to two lovers from more than a century earlier. But if Jennifer and Brett are reincarnated lovers, they were not brought into this century alone. The evil that murdered them both in times gone by has been reborn with them. Once again the evil wants Brett for herself, and Jennifer is in the way. This time, Jennifer vows, Brett will not be killed in her place. But he will not allow her to protect him. Together they must find a way to defeat the heartbreak of their past and grab onto the love that has brought them together again, this time, forever . . .