Nick Kaharchek senses danger the minute he sees Billie Pearce Happy in her stable home life as a divorced mother of two, she represents everything the footloose Kaharchek's always avoided But she is also irresistibly fascinating - in a car-crash sort of way Billie finds her instinctive response to Nick's attention almost as frightening as the mysterious break-ins in her neighbourhood, and the spider invasions her pest-control man seems unable to beat As fate brings Billie and Nick even closer, they are suddenly thrown into a world of mayhem, seduction and terror - but will it lead to everlasting love?