Nikki is trying to live without Michael as he left after their last adventures. She's unsure why he left, he knows it's because their attraction makes their relationship dangerous.

However her latest case brings them together, and it's not all fun and games. There are people going missing and now it's a young man Nikki is investigating.

The series is quite well done, the characters more solid and believable than Anita Blake and the confusion feels much more real. Nikki is having to deal with being a thrall to Michael and neither of them are sure what's going to happen to her or them. ( )