Synopsis: The life and death of Leanna de Noux was more than a mystery to Hailey Martin. It was the ultimate obsession. A writer from the Midwest, Hailey came to New Orleans to recover from a devastating personal loss. There, in the heart of the French Quarter, she found a room with a strange macabre history. A room haunted by terrible secrets, forbidden longings... and Leanna. Beautiful, bewitching Leanna. Whose presence filled Hailey's dreams. Whose passionate life became more real than her own. Whose murder at the hands of a lover drove Hailey closer and closer to the edge of madness... (from the back cover of the Berkley first edition)