Lucian isn't happy about driving out to the middle of nowhere to spend his weekend in a musty old mansion with someone who, according to his boss, hasn't left his home for twenty years. However, the hefty bonus he's being offered to inspect David Blackwood's book collection is too good to pass up. His mood plummets even more when he gets a flat tire and has to walk up a steep, winding hill in the rain. More doubts loom as the mansion door creaks open, but Lucian's attitude changes immediately when he locks eyes with David Blackwood for the first time.