Twenty-seven-year-old wage laborer Stanley Northtrop had recently resolved to add some excitement to his existence, and find a significant other, when he was introduced to sexy, enigmatic Hope-lead vocalist/guitarist for a local rock group-and soon fell in love. Suddenly Stanley was feeling more fulfilled than he ever had and his life was changing quickly. He had no idea that the woman at the center of his transformation-an artist, army brat, adrenaline junkie-was the most dangerous human specimen he would ever meet. Was his ticket to a nightmare worse than any he had ever dreamed.