To write the perfect thriller, Alba was willing to become the victim...
Alba is a celebrated mystery and thriller author, determined to write the novel that will become her greatest bestseller. Seeking total isolation and inspiration, she retreats to a quiet country house for the summer, convinced that nothing will distract her from finishing the first chapter.
She's wrong.
The sound of footsteps echoes from upstairs.
Heart pounding, Alba cautiously investigates... only to be ambushed by a masked stranger who clamps a powerful hand over her mouth before she can scream.
What follows is a relentless ordeal.
Rope after rope wraps around her body. Her legs are secured, her arms bound, her wrists cinched tightly against her torso until movement is almost impossible. Helpless and determined, Alba begins an exhausting struggle, inching her way from the bedroom toward the stairs. Every movement is a battle. Somehow she reaches the living room below and, using only her bare feet, desperately tries to unlock the front door. Her toes finally reach the keys...
...but she's too late.
The masked man returns.
Alba is stripped down to her underwear and secured in an incredibly tight hogtie. A panel harness gag is fastened securely over her mouth and connected to the hogtie with rope, while another line suspends the entire tie from the ceiling, leaving her completely immobilized. Wrapped in layers of tight rope, she can do nothing but struggle helplessly, every movement tightening the bondage around her.
Eventually, the masked man returns one last time... and removes her gag.
Then comes the shocking truth.
The capture was never real.
Alba planned every detail herself.
Desperate to write the most authentic thriller of her career, she hired the masked man to "capture" her so she could experience exactly what the victims in her novels would feel. Every rope, every struggle, every desperate attempt to escape was part of her own daring experiment.
It was the perfect research project...
Until Alba discovered one unexpected twist.
She enjoyed every minute of it...