Sylvie Peabody, a powerful witch, begins investigating the strange and terrifying phenomena that happens in the small town of Stagwater when the full moon rises, which leads her to Rand Garner, a man whose animal magnetism and sensuality touch her soul. Reprint.

"The witch must be destroyed." Somewhere, somehow, a door opened and evil entered. It longed for human form and dreamed of destroying Its eternal enemy. And It had just found Brie and Steven Peabody. It knew Brie's every secret, even that which she had kept from her husband. It filled Steven's mind with Its own hatred of witchcraft —- and threatened to possess him to do Its bidding. It could mean the end of a perfect marriage. "Know that there is but one true end for such wickedness." "The witch must burn!"

A tragedy in Guy Poitiers' youth in Louisiana tore him away from his sweetheart, Mary Devereaux, and consumed his life with guilt. Now only Mary's white magic and a single gold coin offer clues to his salvation. To settle the past, Guy and Mary must travel deep into the swamp and confront the very root of evil before it strikes, ending their chance for a happy ending.

Cypress Bernard finds the legendary warlock Drake Benedict impossibly arrogant and darkly irresistible. She has to rely on his powers to save her hometown. And though Drake finds the earthy beauty a bit naive, he soon learns the extent of the danger they are in.