Best-selling author Hazel Banks needs solace. She needs an escape from the memories that have plagued her since last Christmas, when everything went to complete shit. She finds that relief in a charming little home in Honeoye, New York. She plans to write and hide away from the world.And it's a good plan, until she realizes something is wrong with the house she booked.Pierce Augustine is ex-CIA and has more demons than he can count.

After researching the new tenant who has rented his family home, Pierce finds he has one more demon to add to the list. She has fiery hair and a darkness lurking in

her eyes he can't get enough of.Their two worlds collide in a whirlwind story of a passionate stalker obsessed, and a dark damsel seeking an outlet. It'll go down in the books as the darkest December either of them have experienced. One that may haunt them both.