Dying for Christmas
A Novel

Out Christmas shopping one December afternoon, Jessica Gould meets the charming Dominic Lacey and impulsively agrees to go home with him for a drink. What follows is a Twelve Days of Christmas from hell as Lacey holds Jessica captive, forcing her to wear his missing wifes gowns and eat lavish holiday meals. Each day, he gifts her with one item from his twisted pasthis dead sisters favorite toy, disturbing family photos, a box of teeth. As the days pass and the gifts become darker and darker, Jessica realizes that Lacey has a plan for her, and he never intends to let her go. But Jessica has a secret of her own...a secret that may just mean she has a chance to make it out alive.