He swore he'd never let her go...

When Phoebe Rain's monstrous ex-husband came after her with a shotgun, he did it in the school where she was teaching—and though she stopped him, she didn't do it fast enough. Tragedy ensued.

Now, a thousand miles away and still in the coma she put him in, her ex starts calling her, promising that he's coming to finish what he started...and everything inside her insists he's telling the truth. Her next-door neighbor, Alan MacKerrie, doesn't quite believe her, but he's getting otherworldly warnings that her nightmare is no dream.

Torn between terrifying reality and the desperate passion she shares with Alan, the only thing Phoebe knows for sure is that escape is not an option.