Dr. Aimee Gannon, a shrink, is woken from sleep with a call from Detective Josh Wolf of the Sacramento Police Department. Aimee arrives at Mercy General to find her patient, teenager Taylor Dawkin, in a catatonic state, covered with cuts and blood. Taylor found her parents, Stacey and Orrin Dawkin, brutally murdered by a killer who gets a sexual, super high from a slow kill. As Aimee and the tall, dark detective work together to unscramble Taylor's mysterious drawings, an unexpected magnetism occurs between them.

Aimee is treating Taylor for an unknown demon from her past, probably a pedophile, which causes Taylor to mutilation of her body with knife cuts. Having been assaulted with near rape herself by one of her previous patients, Aimee is terrified of the darkness surrounding her and feels herself being stalked. Aimee's insecurity soon finds her hot and sweaty and in bed with Josh, having mind-numbing sex.

Josh investigates Carl Walter, Orrin's partner, and his son, Sean. It soon becomes evident to Aimee that they are somehow involved in Taylor's condition. After someone attempts to strangle Aimee in her building garage, things are brought to a violent conclusion.

Eileen Carr has created a most chilling and intense suspense of the realities of a pedophile and the lasting results. She has tastefully written an extremely vital and exciting novel that keeps the reader turning the pages as fast as they can. She has also given a lot of valuable information into the minds of the pedophile. Don't miss this one!!