Sequel to CARTER BRADDOCK Allison Baker awakens after a six-month coma with no memories. She pieces things together slowly; apparently, she has no family, and she's married to the extremely attentive Luke Decker, who never left her side during her recovery. She tries to trust her new husband, but strange things keep happening. For one, he's always disappearing after the red telephone rings. Where does he go? For another, Luke looks exactly like a missing mass murderer, Carter Braddock. But when she points this out to others, no one sees the resemblance. As Allison tries to remember together who she is, and who, exactly, she married, the bodies start piling up. Because the more she pushes for the truth, the crazier Luke becomes as he embraces his Faustian nightmare. Part of her thinks that whoever she used to be, that old Allison, was trying to get away just before she had her accident. Maybe the old Allison had the right idea. But Luke will never let her go again.

A dark romance between a serial killer and the girl he's obsessed with... Sixteen years ago, Carter killed Allison's entire family and has been in an institution ever since. After learning that Allison is alive, Carter breaks out to track down what is rightfully his.