<b>To escape a killer, she muct accept the Chisholm brand of protection?</b><P>Alexa Cross has spent a lifetime outrunning the "curse" of her bloodline. Now she must confront her past to save her family from an extraordinary force of evil. Haunted or not, the eerie Wellington Manor radiates danger and Alexa has nowhere to run except to her strongest?and most irresistible?ally.<P>Ending the threat against Alexa is Marshall Chisholm's top priority. He'll stop at nothing to erase her fear?and replace it with white?hot desire. But the closer they get, the more mysterious she becomes. And if they stand a chance of uniting to unlock a killer's secrets, Marshall will have to first unlock Alexa's?