Samantha Bevans is having the best sex of her life, but not with her husband. As an empath who senses other people's emotions, isn't her affair all in her mind? Her connection to the man with the the chiseled face and haunting eyes seems so real. But there's no time for fantasies when a serial killer loose in Pittsburgh begins targeting dancers at a strip club where Samantha used to tend bar, back when drugs were the only cure for the torment brought on by her abilities. Now a member of a special task force, Samantha uses her talents to help with the investigation by sensing the victims' final thoughts. Just when she thought the case was complex enough, she discovers one of the victims was thinking about her fantasy man when she died. Readers will yearn for more in this spine-tingling ride through death, blood, murder, mystery, and passion, as Samantha questions who she can trust when she can't trust her own mind. After all, an empath feels the emotional environment around her . . . and Samantha is surrounded by death.