Deja thought things were at their worst. Her belly is swelling with a new life, but her boyfriend wants to be neither a husband nor a father. She's not aware that a killer stalks the streets of Overbrook Meadows until he creeps into her bed. Deja survives the attack, becoming the first woman to cheat death at the hands of the "Sleeping Strangler." It takes the full measure of her strength to move on. Deja has few reserves left for the demons she'll encounter in the days to come.