Galveston, Texas, Attorney Dena Barlow Armstrong is frustrated with the two controlling men in her life and aims to be independent of them. Her husband, Zack, constantly presses her to turn over her inheritance and, when she doesn¿t, he punishes her with his indifference. Her law partner and cousin, Lucas, controls her money and the types of cases she accepts. Just as Dena begins to achieve her goal of independence, someone emerges with very different plans for her. Unaware of the danger she faces, Dena lives each day as a wife, mother, and attorney. Then one day, when her husband is out of town, the stranger lurks in her garage, waiting until she and the children go to bed¿