The life of Oracle Winchester has returned to the partial normality she had become accustomed to before the Marquis killer wreaked havoc across the city of New Orleans. Oracle was in the midst of a full blown erotic affair with the dashing Drake Blackthorne and the dark desires they explore together, the undeniable lust and craving for one another has brought them closer. However, Oracle still carries the dark secrets of her past that haunt her to present day and those secrets put Drake and everyone around her in mortal danger. He thinks he has broken through her emotional armor but has he really? The dark figure that plagued her for years has returned in full force to her life. He keeps watch and assures the terror and fear that he inflicts on Oracle is never far from her mind. Another killer has taken up the mantle of terrorizing New Orleans and wants to assure the city knows his name. Oracle is tapped to help catch him but can she? Her own disturbing past and the secrets she keeps locked away threatens to destroy the newest chapter of her life with Drake which is exactly what the figure that lurks in the shadows of her dreams and streets of The French Quarter wants. Her destruction.