The gifts are wrapped and the kids excited, but Effie Crane's holiday mood is anything but sparkly and bright. She needs an escape from the life that is slowly breaking her spirit.

Then her best friend, Cybil Grace, invokes the codeword. They have to leave their home and jobs now. While concerned for her friend, Effie can't think of a better present for herself.

Hours later, their car alarmingly low on fuel, they find themselves lost in Wisconsin's Northwoods. Lucy O'Shea offers them shelter for the night. And then a second.

Cybil is eager to get back on the road, but the longer they stay the more Effie believes there's something magical about this place and the people living in Lucy's home. Is this where her soul can thrive again, and she can finally make peace with the nightmares of her past?