Debra Marie Scott seems to have everything going for her. She has a stable job that she actually enjoys, a wonderful family, great friends, a string of admirers, and the eye of a tall dark stranger intent on claiming her for his own. Finding herself in a nightmare of constant break-ins, bizarre phone calls, and disturbing notes, she is eager to put a stop to the horror that has consumed her every waking hour. With the aid of the police and anxious family members and friends, she plans to catch the psychopath using his own game of deceit and harassment. She trains and learns karate, determined to prepare herself for the mental and physical ordeal she must go through. But just when she thinks she has the upper hand, she discovers the tall dark stranger is not her only enemy, but it is someone in a circle of people she calls friends.