Fire Always Burns Uphill

One minute tormented scientist Dylan Delaney is driving his best friend, renowned psychologist Zelda Wilcox, back to campus. The next minute they're scrambling to lose a psychopath on their trail. When their attempt to escape traps the hapless couple in a remote canyon in the east Alabama mountains, their plight evolves into a harrowing physical and emotional struggle. As Dylan fights the demons of his clinical depression, Zelda is compelled to help him. Unfortunately, the skeletons in her own closet hinder her noble efforts. And then there's Simon Regis, the allergy-stricken psychopath who intends to exact revenge against Zelda for a neurotic purpose that only he understands. Mental illness, obsession, love, lust, betrayal, revenge, and hay fever: what more could you want in a novel?