Samantha Warner, despised by her mother and loved by her next door neighbor, Ian Huntington is torn between her distrust of her mother’s unexpected kindness and her desire to believe in the affection she’s finally getting from her. The day after Sam’s acceptance of Ian’s proposal, Sam agrees to a shopping spree with her mother and instead finds herself deposited at the home of an aunt she’s never met. Here she finds out the true meaning of evil and hatred as she is introduced to the Red Room. At first, escape is impossible, and then becomes improbable.