In this podiobook: When college professor Travis Harrison meets the copper-headed seductress, Layla Sommers, the two are drawn together with a fierce attraction - a desperate need as impossible as it is inevitable. Layla reminds Travis of his deceased daughter, Randi, and after Layla attempts suicid…
-In this episode: After a year in a psychological treatment center, Travis waits on the roadside for Layla to emerge. He holds a gun in his hand...
-In this episode: Travis makes bail but is told by his lawyers the he must gain a confession from Layla that very night to stave off the murder charge. She agrees to come over.
-In this episode: Travis is framed with the murder of Layla's dead boyfriend, Enos Vasquez.
-In this episode: The celebration marking Lalya's final night under Travis's care turns to disaster when Layla tells his fiancee that they've been sleeping together.
-In this episode: Layla cooks dinner for Travis even though she knows he is due to have dinner with Kathryn. When he finally gets to his fiancee's house, the evening has diastrous results.
-In this episode: Travis finds himself becoming strangely intoxicated by Layla's presence in his home and her curious effect on him and his willingness to talk about the tragedies of his past.
-In this episode: Travis rescues Layla (again!) from an abusive sexual encounter and returns her to his home where she begins to settle in.
-In this episode: Chapters 14-16 - Risking his marriage, Travis lets the visibly disturbed Layla move in with him.
-In this episode: Chapters 11-13 - Travis gets a call from Layla...who is in a tub with a razor blade, cutting herself; he tries to save her.
-In this episode: Chapters 8-10 - Travis flashes back to the death of his daughter, Randi,; He realizes Layla reminds him of Randi.
-In this episode: Chapters 4-7 - Layla tells Travis her life is threatened by her boyfriend; she needs his help.
-In this episode: Chapters 1-3 - Professor Travis Harrison is unnerved by a young student, Lalya Sommers.