Beloved bestselling author Jude Deveraux follows a savvy young woman into the intriguing heart of a past mysteryand into the arms of a once-in-a-lifetime love.

It was her father''s dying wish that Samantha Elliot search for her grandmother, who''d disappeared from Louisville when she was a baby. So here she was in New York City...her parents dead, her divorce final, and she was all alone....

Michael Taggert was Samanthas landlordand she was charmed by this handsome, life-loving man. Yet every time Mike tried to get closer to Samantha, he ran into a brick wall. Now, as he helps her unravel her grandmothers pastand the dangerous truth about a fateful spring night in 1928 and a seductive jazz singerMike slowly reawakens the joy and affection Samantha had buried long ago