Not sure where to begin with this book. It was really, REALLY good but so dark and at times really hard to read. The topic was domestic violence. The main character, Cathy, tells the story of her life before and her life now...each chapter alternates between THEN and present day. She meets this dashing, dark and slightly dangerous man that all her friends love and think is perfect. Lee is mysterious but romantic and she's sucked into his world quickly and then suddenly she's overcome by him. He literally takes over everything and the story of the descent into a domestic violence situation is truly scary and sometimes hard to read. You don't get the whole story right away, it's told in bits and pieces.

The "present day" story is about Cathy's recovery of being kidnapped and nearly killed by Lee. He's been sent to prison for it, she moved and changed her identity, but she lives in fear every moment of her life. This story is about her fear, her terrible OCD and paranoia. This is also hard to read but there is some hope, some hope that she is going to recover and her life will get better.

Then Lee gets released. The second half of the book is still telling the story of what Lee did, but it's also about her realizing that Lee is back and has found her. Again, a very dark book, but it was a good one! I couldn't stop reading it.