Cooper and Lillian met as teenagers, and then their friendship grew into a more passionate feeling. Fate separated the young people, but twelve years later they met again. Since childhood, Lil wanted to study wild animals and was able to make her dream come true - now she has a reserve and a zoo in it. Cooper, against the will of his father, did not continue the family business, but became a private detective. Then he moved to the Black Hills, where their love once began, and very soon realized that Lil’s activities were under the close attention of a mysterious stranger. The lovers know firsthand how dangerous wild nature can be, but this time they will have to confront not it, but a ruthless killer - a maniac who has chosen Lillian as his next victim. Admirers of Nora Roberts’s work are invited to the “Club of fans of Roark and the entire series about Eve Dallas »The text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.