All her life, MaryAnn Foster has been a victim. Even the man she thought she’d loved turned out to be a monster, manipulating her, using her in his own sick and twisted games. So when she gets the phone call telling her he’s escaped from prison, she knows it’s just a matter of time before he comes for her. Until she’s unexpectedly whisked to safety by the most gorgeous man she’s ever laid eyes on. And when Dean Mitchell threatens to put her over his knee like a naughty little girl, it’s the first time in her life she’s ever felt so alive. But danger still lurks outside the walls of Dean’s fortress of a home, and when one of MaryAnn’s closest friends disappears, she knows it's time to make a choice. Hide away, turning her back on the love she’s finally found. Or prove once and for all she’s done being the victim.