All Anastacia wanted was to control what she saw. But no one controls death. Anastacia Geist escaped to New Orleans in hopes to control her ability to see spirits and other entities. Her gift, turned curse, gained the attention of more than her fair share of supernatural visitors. Lost in the dark and cold, she failed to see a future. Mel Coster moved to the city of his dreams, filled with history and nightlife. His days of being his father's business lackey were in the past, and his dream of opening a bar with his friend lay ahead. Until his future was stolen. A chance meeting in City Park turns strangers into partners. Mel agrees to help keep spirits at bay while Anastacia learns to control her gift if she agrees to help him catch a killer. Through clues, detective work, and dark entities, they find something even death can't overcome.

Love never becomes past tense... A vicious murderer walks the streets of New Orleans. Women are left drained of blood, marked by a killer's kiss. Anastacia, with her supernatural ability to see the dead, is determined to use her gift to solve these murders as the city's newest private investigator. The whispers of the dead lead her and Mel, her spirit guardian and lover, to the House of Rest. A nest of vampires. One of which shares a talent with Anastacia, binding them in life in a way Mel never could. If they don't solve the murders soon, Mel fears he may lose the one person who gave him life after death.

A devil prowls the bayou for lost love. As a professional favor, Investigator Anastacia and her partners are asked to help solve the mystery of a missing woman and a man convinced he’s a cursed monster with blood on his hands. With no evidence of murder, Anastacia resorts to more spiritual means to find answers. The trail leads her and her spirit lover, Mel, down a path filled with witchcraft and Voodoo, revealing more answers than they were looking for. Was the man cursed to hunt victims to sate his blood lust? Or was there true evil lurking in the bayou waters?