When young, pretty Catherine Bailey meets Lee Brightman, she cant believeher luck. Gorgeous, charismatic, and a bit mysterious, Lee seems almost tooperfect to be true. But what begins as flattering attention and spontaneous, passionate sextransforms into raging jealousy, and Catherine soon discovers that Lees dazzlingblue eyes and blond good looks hide a dark, violent nature. Disturbedby his increasingly erratic, controlling behavior, she tries to break it off; turningto her friends for support, shes stunned to find they dont believe her. Increasinglyisolated and driven into the darkest corner of her world, a desperateCatherine plans a meticulous escape. Four years later, Lee is behind bars and Catherine—now Cathy—is tryingto build a new life in a new city. Though her body has healed, the trauma ofthe past still haunts her. Then Stuart Richardson, her attractive new neighbor,moves in. Encouraging her to confront her fears, he sparks unexpected hopeand the possibility of love and a normal life. Until t