On the day her mother died, Daphne Forrest learns the devastating truth.  She'd never really known the woman who raised her, not even her real name.  Fueled to unravel the tragic mystery behind her mother's secrets, Daphne abandons all she knows, traveling to the bucolic yet sinister town of Willoughby, Minnesota.

Navigating through the memories of her own bloody legacy, Daphne throws herself into the insular and haunting small town of her ancestors.  She investigates the murder that led to her mother's shame aided by charming, yet tortured, local, Edwin Monroe.  Edwin has a unique understanding of the darkness in Willoughby, and how the town holds a lurking threat more foreboding than any unsolved murder.

As Daphne gets closer to the truth, Willoughby itself rebels against her.  She bears witness to terrifying scenes from the past.  Is her mother a murderer? Is that Daphne's dark inheritance? And is she strong enough to battle an evil more frightening than her own past?