Former FBI agent Samantha Dark was one of the most respected profilers in the bureau, an expert on the twisted minds and dark hearts of the most depraved criminals. But when her own former lover turned out to be the serial killer she was hunting, Samantha's career was destroyed. She fled Washington, DC, for the quiet anonymity of Alabama. Now tracking a sadistic assassin means putting her trust in her former partner, Blake Gamble. She knows he wants her back in the FBI... and possibly more. But someone else wants her, too. A killer who has set his sights on the ultimate trophy victim: Samantha.