Though Tim Hagan appears wistful and sweet, beneath his polite veneer and boyishly handsome face lies a rage as deep as the ocean, and a conflict as sharp as a dagger. He needs a woman to save him from his gruesome past - and those who fail will simply become part of it. Usually decisive and in command, thirty-something Ruth Lasseter finds herself on shaky ground. In order to mask an office affair, she must bring an escort to the company dance - someone who can play the part of paramour with convincing precision. Finally she makes her choice: Tim Hagan seems a suitable young man. The darkness torn from that single night will consume Ruth with a need for vengeance and strip her life to the bone. But as Ruth penetrates the very heart of madness, she finds herself irrevocably locked in a chilling dance to the death.