Max's soul has become a virtual slave to the magical Renaissance Faire, and he can't leave the grounds. He's very, very attracted to the Faire's brewmaster, but Shepherd wants nothing to do with the bad seed who is the reason his cousin got back into drugs, and who has a terrible history--dealing, a prison term, and last but not least, a little four-year stint as the personal assassin of a drug kingpin. Max didn't do it, but he can't make Shepherd believe him.When Max's old boss becomes a threat, the Faire that had been his prison becomes his protection. Max hides out at the brewery. As he deals with Shepherd's bad attitude, the physical and mental side effects of having his soul imprisoned, and guilt over the people he's killed, he finds himself falling even harder for the sexiest man to ever hate him. To win him, Max is going to have to do more than turn over a new leaf; he's going to have to find magical redemption.