Paulette O'Connell needs to build her home decorating business in order to give her unborn child a stable home. While exploring the mysterious attic of the antebellum plantation where she lives, she accidentally summons her grandfather's ghost. But he won't leave until she figures out why she needed him in the first place, putting her plans in serious jeopardy.Zak Markel has been searching for the last ingredient to create the Elixir of Life he hopes will save his brother's eyesight. But he discovers the woman of his dreams in the smart and beautiful Paulette, distracting him from his focus at the worst possible time, even though she staunchly refuses to allow him past her defenses.Can he convince Paulette to open her mind to possibilities and follow her heart to true happiness before it's too late?(Updated and revised edition; originally published in 2014 as Remnants.)