When young, pretty Catherine Bailey meets Lee Brightman, she can't
believe her luck. Gorgeous, charismatic Lee seems almost too perfect to
be true. But what begins as flattering attention and spontaneous,
passionate sex transforms into raging jealousy, and Catherine soon
discovers that Lee's good looks hide a dark, violent nature. Disturbed
by his controlling behavior, she tries to break it off and is stunned
when her friends don't believe her. Isolated and driven into the darkest
corner of her world, a desperate Catherine plans a meticulous escape.
Four years later, Lee is behind bars and Catherine--now Cathy--is trying
to build a new life in a new city. The trauma of the past still haunts
her. Then Stuart Richardson, her attractive new neighbor, moves in.
Encouraging her to confront her fears, he sparks unexpected hope and the
possibility of love and a normal life.
Until the day the phone rings . . .