In the shadowy quiet of a secluded Maine house, a terrified woman goes to a box in the closet, and removes a gun …

From the crime-ridden streets of New York City, a homicidal madman drives north, his mind best by demons, his heart burning with hate …

They have been joined by blood … the blood of Angie Ross's murdered husband. But the man who shot John Ross is free, and becoming more dangerously out of control every day.

He is her husband's killer. She is his victim's wife. Now, he is at her door, befriending her two children, asking for her trust and her forgiveness.

And in one split second, Angie Ross must make a choice …