Christmas, a Cabin and a Stranger

As Christmas approaches, Laurel, whose boyfriend of two years just recently ended their relationship, isn’t in any mood to celebrate the season or force herself to smile and look cheerful at any holiday gatherings. She decides to get away on her own and do something she’s always wanted to do – write a novel. She rents a cabin in the wilderness for the month of December, where the rental agent promises she will have complete privacy and be able to write undisturbed.

But from the moment Laurel settles into the cabin, she senses something is not quite right about it.  For one thing, every time she steps outside, she feels as if she is being watched, even though the area is completely isolated. And then there is Doug, a stranger who appears on her doorstep one morning. He is charismatic, handsome and helpful, but she notices he is careful not to divulge any information about himself, only that he lives nearby. Laurel immediately is attracted to him but wonders what he is hiding, so she makes it her mission to find out more about him. And as she does, she begins to realize she might have been better off not knowing anything at all...