Gemma is on vacation with her parents, en route to Bangkok, Thailand. They are at the airport, and she sees a young man who seems familiar. They talk, he buys her a cup of coffee, and for Gemma, sparks fly. But the next thing she knows, she's drugged in the trunk of his car, and she has no idea where he's taking her. She ends up in the Australian Outback, so far from any civilization that he doesn't even have to tie her up. He's been stalking Gemma for years, and wants to keep her. At first she is terrified, but soon realizes he doesn't want to hurt her any more than he already has. Can Gemma find a way to escape? Does she really want to?
This was kind of a strange book, first because the protagonist is British, and the setting is Australia, so there is some terminology that may seem unfamiliar. The suspense was pretty intense, and as a reader, your wishes and hopes for Gemma shift as you move forward in the story, which is pretty unusual. She's in a complicated situtation. It's difficult to place yourself in her shoes, but I think that's sort of the point.
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