Barley thought she was being paranoid. For weeks, she feels it -a presence in the shadows, footsteps matching her's in empty Los Angeles streets, a black range rover with tinted windows that follows her home but never packs. No one believes her until it gets too close. On a night in Los Feliz, after work, she takes a shortcut through a dark alley. The matte black range rover- no plates, no lights, just silently crawling behind her. She runs home, locks every door and window thinking she is safe. But inside her locked bedroom, on her study table, is a fresh red rose and a note: you look beautiful in red today. He has already been inside. Barley doesn't know, it but her nightmare started long before she was born. Her father wasn't such a man-he was a phantom, a legendary secret agent for a covert organization his final mission he executed a notorious villain. That villain left being a son. That boy lost everything- his father, and his mother who died from grief. He grew up from nothing but one oath: Revenge. And his target is the daughter who destroyed him. He doesn't want to just kill her. He wants to stalk her, haunt her, and make her feel watched until she breaks. But he is not the only one watching. Another man emerges from the darkness-cold, lethal and impossibly handsome. he was her father's last protege training to protect her at all costs. And has been ordered to keep her alive. now barley is trapped betw2een two dangerous men: one wants to destroy her in the name of vengeance and one who will kill to save her. Ands the stalker falls dangerously obsessed with the girl he was meant to ruin, the lines between revenge, protection and desire begin to blur. Who gets her first?