The Venus Trap

pJo Atkins sixteenth year was disastrous she lost her dad, was assaulted by a stranger, and then had her heart broken. For the last twenty-five years, shes believed that nothing could ever be as bad again./ppShe was wrong./ppNow, still smarting from her recent divorce, pretty, self-effacing Jo finally gathers the courage to enter the dating scene. She meets Claudio, whom she vaguely remembers from her youth, but after a few dates decides hes creepy and politely tells him thanks but no thanks./ppBut Claudio has no intention of letting her go./ppInstead of never seeing him again, Jo wakes up sick and terrified, handcuffed to her