David Paradis, an established prominent architect finds himself cast into another world of paranormal and supernatural activity, suspense, mystery and erotica soon after his wife Jenny dies from a long illness. Teresa Dillon, Jenny's closest friend and David's mistress, seeks revenge after David calls off the affair and abandons her completely. Cheryl Brighton, a beautiful blue eyed blonde criminal lawyer from the same New Jersey area as David, meets him on a flight to Naples, Italy for a two week vacation on the cruise ship Mercedes and finds herself attracted to him then sets out to seduce him entirely. Amanda Vincente the forward and beautifully seductive co-captain of the ship snares David into something he can't escape from. Her power over him unleashes his inhibitions beyond his control and drawn between Cheryl and Amanda, David discovers he cannot contain his inner hidden desires and allows his own forbidden passion to take over. Jocelyn Dean, a spiritual medium introduced to David by his limo driver Nolan Hayes, is asked to intervene and try to thwart an entity that somehow is plaguing David's life. When Amanda Vincente is found murdered one night during a masquerade party on the ship, all the evidence points to David and he is arrested and tried for murder in the first degree. Cheryl then vows to defend him and finds herself up against a prosecutor with an aggressive record of victories and a hunger to see David incarcerated. As the plot thickens and unfolds they are drawn into an abyss of mystery clouded by the unknown world of the supernatural and paranormal leaving you "glued to the set" and a yearning to know what happens next in this "edge of your seat book you can't ever put down" until after the very last page is read.