After spending her first night in Sandor Szelazeny's spooky house in New Bern, North Carolina, physical therapist Bruce MacLaren sensed that something was very wrong. But she didn't heed the warning in her famous patient's brooding silences. Recovering from a near-fatal plane crash, Sandor was a commanding, compelling presence - though it was against all the rules, Bruce was drawn to him, body and soul. But odd incidents and strange accidents cast sinister shadows over their love. And when Sandor spoke of a curse he'd inherited from Transylvanian ancestors, nothing daunted Bruce more than the prospect of exploring that dark mystery. But the alternative was worse. For Bruce knew with chilling certainty that her love for Sandor had put her life in peril.