Zoe, an interior designer with a talent for sensing the past secrets of a house, and her husband, private investigator Ethan Truax, confront new problems when a shadowy figure from Zoe's past appears in Whispering Springs.

A multi-million-dollar inheritance has allowed devoted defense lawyer Clare Westbrook to start her own law firm. But just as she opens her storefront practice in a tough Phoenix neighborhood, shots take out her windows - and nearly take her life. Clare doesn't know who did it or why, but she knows she must surrender to sexy homicide detective Tony Sonterra's protection if she wants to survive.

"A brilliant young philosophy student bent on seducing her famous philosopher-mentor finds herself outmaneuvered; diabolically clever high school girls wreak a particularly apt sort of vengeance on sexual predators in their community; a man returns from the dead to haunt his grieving wife; a young mother finds herself captivated by her own motherhood. In the collection's longest story, a much-praised writer cruelly experiments with "drafts" of his...

His name is Rafe, and he is everywhere Clarissa turns. At the university where she works. Her favorite sewing shop. The train station. Outside her apartment. His messages choke her voice mail; his gifts litter her mailbox. Since that one regrettable night, his obsession with her has grown, becoming more terrifying with each passing day. And as Rafe has made clear, he will never let her go. Clarissa's only escape from this harrowing nightmare is inside...