The Andean Cloud Forest, Ecuador... Mysterious, hauntingly beautiful - and a land like nowhere else on earth. But a dangerous land, despite its beauty. A land to be feared. And respected... Like Trace Rawlings - a man who lives by his own rules. Ruthless, domineering, he takes what he wants. But Cynthia Ryan is used to someone trying to manipulate her, especially her powerful father. Surely she can handle this man. After all, he's just there to guide her through the treacherous forest. Thrown together by her father's ruthless ambition, first as adversaries, then as lovers, Trace and Cynthia force their way through the cloud forest - transformed by a passion as wild and steamy as the forest itself...