Perry Latimer's day begins just fine, but ends badly. A series of fluke events leaves him in a coma in the ICU. Four days later, he awakes to discover the head injuries have scrambled his synapses and given him an unexpected talent. The taste of aloes, two incredible architectural projects, and a man with intense golden brown eyes, sweep him into a mystery that starts off with anonymous threats and escalates to attempted murder.

When Drew Connors decides to hire an architect to transform his family's rundown Victorian mansion into a living history museum, he didn't expect his first sight of the man to be so dramatic, but even unconscious and bloodied, Perry Latimer made an impression. Later, and even more remarkably, Perry takes Drew's contentious family in his stride. Then the danger stalks them both, and it will take Perry's weird talent to help unravel the truth from the lies.