Local Guild boss and powerful ghost hunter Cooper Boone is everything botanist Elly St. Clair could ask for?the handsome, strong and silent type. Maybe too silent. For when Guild secrets threaten her career at the college, Elly has to call off their marriage?and leave small-town life behind...

But starting over in the thriving metropolis of Cadence City isn?t easy, especially when one of Elly?s new friends disappears in the eerie catacombs beneath the streets. Cooper turns up just in time to help Elly investigate. And as the mystery deepens and dangerous ghost myths and legends come to light, Cooper makes it clear he intends to stick around?and this time he?s holding nothing back?