17-year-old Joe Panza thinks he has it all: a beautiful new girlfriend, a starting position on the school's basketball team, and a dog who really is man's best friend. That is, until his neighbors get a divorce and he is asked by the ex-husband to spy on the new guy his ex-wife is dating. Little does Joe know that the boyfriend is a deranged psychopath who will devote his every waking moment to making Joe's life a living nightmare. And little does Joe know that everything he has ever taken for granted will soon come to a horrible end. In a novel filled with romance, deception, and betrayal, Joe Panza must face his worst fears as he struggles to protect the love of his life, his family, and himself from his deranged new neighbor before it's too late.