Enter Private Investigator Ethan Truax: tall, broad-shouldered and heroic, Superman in a tool belt. Mr. "You want me to investigate a murder for a woman that isn’t even reported missing?" The stuff that paranormal romance novels are made of is about to ensue. She wins him over to her side, he checks it out, does a little more poking around, finds the evidence, the bad guy goes to jail, and they fall in love. In between there is some drama about trying to kill Zoe to keep her mouth shut, but Ethan takes care of that too.

Oops, you think I gave too much away? Well, that was just the teaser. I didn’t tell you Zoe’s real name but she didn’t tell Ethan either. I didn’t introduce you to Zoe’s elegant friend Arcadia or mention the secret they share about Xanadu. The two women are running, but why and from whom? Bullets, rape, murder, experimental drug treatments and husbands, just how far can a PI go to save his best client and protect those around him?

Narrator Joyce Bean leads you through the answers and the emotions. Her characterizations expand your listening experience, painting audible portraits to go with the words on the tape. I normally only listen to unabridged audiobooks, but I got a good story and a good telling from this 6-hour version.