After a disastrous breakup Stevie Callaghan, a shy book illustrator, is in desperate need of an apartment. Against
her better judgment she moves above a bookstore owned by Rick Smith, an
intimidating, scruffy intellectual beloved by his customers and staff despite
his brusque manner. Stevie is horrified to learn that all of his employees come from a young
offender program.
She
soon befriends Rick’s staff, however, and becomes a regular at
the bookstore cafe. Just as she begins
to feel settled, she witnesses a late-night fire no one else seems to notice. She also finds herself haunted by a recurring dream in which she is visited by a
talking dragon. Worse yet, Rick’s newest
employee Vince, a disturbed born-again Christian, develops an obsessive interest
in her. Rick, on the other hand, seems
to hold Stevie in utter contempt—until he initiates a relationship with her
when she least expects it. To her own
surprise Stevie falls in love with him, even though he remains something of a
mystery to her. Stevie’s overbearing
mother is instantly suspicious of Rick, but she cannot persuade Stevie to leave
him.
Events take a harrowing turn when Vince becomes convinced that Rick is Satan, and embarks on a twisted campaign to “save” Stevie that leaves her life shattered. After someone close to her is then the victim of a brutal murder, Stevie is forced to confront her mother’s suspicions that Rick is not at all who he claims to be.
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