Fay Rae has spent her life protecting her sister Angie from a family secret. When she inherits a house from her mentor, Thomas Gregory, she discovers he may have been murdered, and that the souvenir deck of cards from her Egyptian vacation may be the Forbidden Tarot, able to call forth a demon. With the cards come two men. Dangerously appealing Simeon with his promise of a better life, and Thomas" son Michael, a brooding, wounded man whom she secretly loved as a girl. Soon, Rae and her sister find themselves in danger, and Rae must face her darkest fear. But this time she refuses to be a helpless victim in the grip of a "giant beast". . . The Dark Lord of the tarot has arrived. Rae must figure out who he is and how she can stop him before she loses her heart, her sister, and her life.