When knowledge and temptation collide, the fall needs but a forbidden fruit. Skilled forensics scientist Schuyler Liu never expected her job working for a ghost-hunting show would bring her so much peace. Until a grand locale in the Garden District brings way more than just rattling pipes and drafty entryways, and she walks away with more than she ever imagined. When chaos morphs to terror, she turns to the one man she knows may be able to help her. They may not see eye-to-eye, given their vastly differing beliefs, but Padre is her touchstone in the maelstrom, and she plans to grab hold with both hands until they find the answers.Excommunicated priest Paxton Chase has felt a pull to the woman the team calls Apple since joining the Haunted New Orleans team. When a sinister presence from a routine investigation follows her home, Pax vows that he will do everything in his power to help her. But while digging into the house's history to unlock the mysteries of the spirit, he uncovers more than he ever bargained for.

He and Schuyler have more in common than they ever knew, and the dark forces want to sever those ties-permanently.