Chapter One: Star Crossed

They were not meant to be together. But when James Halter and young, vulnerable Allison Rousseau meet one night, on a balcony underneath a starlit sky, that's exactly what happens. Completely unaware of the trap they're falling into, Allison and James spend the night together - and it only gets worse when he turns up as her high school art teacher the following week.

Secret Torture is the story of the dark, troubled relationship between two people who simply should never have met.