A typical day for MARINA DeSALVO-BROWNING...check the backseat of the car three times and the trunk at least once (even when you think you've checked enough, check one more time); only wear bland colors to school--that way you fade into the cinder blocks better and always--always--keep to the corners; use your hair as a shield; always sit in the middle of the classroom--you blend in better; always be the first one out of your seat when the bell rings--helps to avoid the hall crowds; at the end of the day, let the wave out of the building coast you to your car; check the backseat and trunk once more and peel out of the parking lot; get home, blaze through the front door, lock it, set the alarm, run up the stairs to your bedroom and only breathe when you've closed and locked the door behind you. Congratulations! You've made it through another day...now go check under the bed, the closet, and behind the shower curtain...keep a firm grip on that baseball bat. Last tip: swing away. Now what could possibly be Marina's problem? Two words. DEVLIN WARRINGTON. Marina's ex and a proud member of the breakup challenged (stalker); however, he's from a family like Dallas's Ewings-if they gave up the oil rigs for City Hall--and is intent upon making Marina's life a living hell. Reconnecting with her old childhood pen pal, XANDER CAGE, leads Marina to the realization that there's more to life-and love-than the control and fear she's cultivated at the hands of Devlin. And as time passes, Marina eventually commits the greatest sin of all--at least where Devlin is concerned--she falls in love. Falling in love with Xander, and thereby breaking the heart of a Warrington, is not only dangerous to Marina... but deadly. Soon, the bodies are piling up, and Marina comes to the realization that she is the real target of the killer. But is it Devlin? Traversing through a quicksand of sex, lies, and murder, the innocent Marina only has two choices: persevere or fall victim to temptation, becoming its ever-willing POSSESSION.