He was standing face-to-face with a dead woman...and she was holding a gun. Lieutenant Seth Buchanan finds his homicide investigation--and his heart--thrown into turmoil when Grace Fontaine turns up very much alive--and in possession of one of the huge blue diamonds known as the Stars of Mithra.

The cool, controlled cop never lets his feelings get in the way of his job, and everything he knows about the notorious heiress tells him she's bad news. But in her irresistible presence, Seth finds it hard to remember there's any mystery more important to solve than that of Grace herself.

Nora Roberts is the number-one New York Times-bestselling author of Whiskey Beach, The Witness, Chasing Fire, and The Search, among other titles. She is also the author of the bestselling In Death series, written under the pen name J. D. Robb. There are more than 400 million copies of her novels in print.