When 5000 year-old human remains are found at a construction site in the small American town of Woodsboro the news draws archaeologist Callie Dunbrook out of her sabbatical and into a whirlwind of adventure, danger and romance.

Tory Bodeen returns to her home town of Progress, South Carolina, determined to banish its memories of her abusive father and the unsolved murder of her best friend Hope. Unfortunately Hope's killer is still very much at large.

For Dr Miranda Jones, the summons to Italy to authenticate a Renaissance bronze comes as a relief after being attacked outside her home in the USA. Unfortunately that was only the beginning of her troubles.

Declan Fitzgerald has always been the family maverick, but even he can't understand his impulse to buy an old mansion on the outskirts of New Orleans. Manet Hall has a strange hold over him, and he begins to believe the local legends about the house.

Olivia's parents were once one of Hollywood's golden couples - until the night that the monster with her father's face destroyed their beautiful home and took her mother away from her for ever.

Tate Beaumont, a beautiful student of marine archaeology, and Matthew Lassiter, a sea-scarred young man, share a dream of finding Angelique's Curse, the jewelled amulet surrounded by a legend and said to be lost at the bottom of the sea. Both divers are determined to find it.

Claire Kimball is a critically acclaimed sculptress. But success cannot burn away the vague, troubling memories of her childhood. These phantoms of the past have drawn her home to Emmitsboro. But the past Claire has come to lay to rest has risen up with a vengeance, rocking the town in the form of a brutal murder.

Other than her work, Fiona doesn't ask for much: the peace of the landscape, the companionship of her dogs, the safe haven of friends and family. Romantic entanglements are very far down on her list - and certainly not with artist Simon Doyle. But he doesn't know that Fiona harbours a terrible secret.

* A compelling new standalone novel from the internationally bestselling author * Nora Roberts - fall into her grip and she'll never let you go

Three brothers were all rescued and adopted at difficult periods in their lives by Raymond and Stella Quinn. Now grown and living on their own, the brothers must return to the family home to honour their father's last request. This is Cameron's story.