The Lair

She Confronted Her Demon - and He Wanted Her Back. After her playboy father dies in a racing boat mishap, innkeeper Daniela Dunn must travel from Northern California back to Verona, Italy and her childhood home, an estate called the Panther's Lair. To say she's reluctant to go is an understatement. In fact, she's petrified. The mansion she grew up in holds terrifying memories and deeply buried secrets. It's a place where appearances are deceiving and the price of honesty could be death. Complicating matters is the fact that her flirtatious friend, Detective Gabe de la Torre, is tagging alongwithout being asked. "I don't need a babysitter," she complains, and is even more upset when she learns Gabe has his own secret reason for following her to Italy. As Dani is drawn into her family's intrigues, Gabe proves he's much more than a friend, however. He's a sworn protector who may lose his own life in the process of saving...