Roses are dead, his lips are blue, cross this witch, and you'll be dead, too. Roishin "Rose" Black has made some terrible choices in her life, but leaving her home and changing her name was not one of them. The same can't be said of her choices in men. She's so desperate to extract herself from her current situationship, she's willing to curse the man she's living with. Damn the consequences. Theodore "Bear" Lund's first impression of Roishin might have revealed too much. He vows to possess this captivating sorceress who dances naked in the middle of storms. So, when the money he's owed is missing, he takes Rose in trade for the debt. It was supposed to be temporary. But the more he uncovers about Rose, the more she becomes his perfect match. Except... the consequences are murder.