Price To Pay

<p><strong>Eli Rosen was a sensible man. </strong>If there were one word to describe his world it would have been dependable-<strong>until that one night when she fell literally into his life-nothing would ever be the same.</strong></p><p>Half dead and beaten within inches of her life she collapsed on the hotel loading dock just as he was calling it a night. Instinct kicked in; he ran to her rescue and for one brief moment she opened her eyes locking not only to his but to his very soul stirring the <strong>long-slumbered passion</strong> of his being. Little did he know the ride was just beginning.</p><p><strong>New Orleans </strong>was his home; he knew it like the back of his hand or so he thought. Eli was soon to plunge into the other side. Desiree's New Orleans a side he'd never seen or maybe never wanted to see. </p><p><strong>Desiree's world wasn't captured in the magical nuance </strong>of horse-drawn carriages magnolias and moonlight. Her world played more like a never-ending <strong>nightmare of deceit greed and betrayal</strong> and his <strong>obsession</strong> with her would take him on a spiraling journey for a close look at the other side and <strong>the price she had to pay. </strong></p>