Best-selling author Hazel Banks needs solace. She needs an escape from the memories that haveplagued her since last Christmas, when everything went to complete shit. She finds that relief in acharming little home in Honeoye, New York. She plans to write and hide away from the world.And it's agood plan, until she realizes something is wrong with the house she booked.Pierce Augustine is ex-CIAand has more demons than he can count.After researching the new tenant who has rented his familyhome, Pierce finds he has one more demon to add to the list. She has fiery hair and a darkness lurking inher eyes he can't get enough of.Their two worlds collide in a whirlwind story of a passionate stalkerobsessed, and a dark damsel seeking an outlet. It'll go down in the books as the darkest Decembereither of them have experienced. One that may haunt them both.