Introduction: On a whim, food and wine critic Miranda Knight returns to her childhood home. Once a picturesque inn, the estate is overgrown and mismanaged by a mysterious man and his zany laborers. The owner, Ashton Bellinger, is well-mannered, handsome, and takes an interest in the young author. He hopes Miranda's connections and a positive article about the estate can help his failing business. Miranda is eager to help Bellinger until she learns of the mysterious disappearance of his vibrant and beautiful wife. Is it his wife who is haunting her dreams and causing her to wake up at all hours of the night? Miranda has never been superstitious before, but the old inn seems to be harboring ghosts of the past including some of her own. Aldo, the handsome vintner next door, is just the distraction Miranda needs to salvage her working vacation. He turns up the heat on hot summer nights. But then again there is something alluring, sexy even, about Bellinger. Miranda soon finds herself ensnared in a love triangle with two men, one of whom is harboring a dark secret. Mature readers only....