When Olivia Fuller rebels against her minister father's choice for her future husband, nothing prepares her for the heavy cost of her rebellion. Torn between her growing attraction to Benjamin Pratt, a carpenter who works at the parsonage, and her love for her aging father, her normally well-ordered world is tossed into chaos.

Meanwhile, Benjamin discovers a tattered diary in the ruins of servant quarters he's been hired to raze, and discovers a shocking family scandal. If he keeps its secrets, he'll lose Olivia to another. If he reveals the contents, it could destroy her.

As two men vie for Olivia's affection and her father pressures her with his demands, strange occurrences and long-held secrets swirl about the parsonage. A mysterious woman appears nightly in Olivia's dreams, adding turmoil. What follows is a story of fierce love, destructive secrets, and mysterious interventions. Will events lead to family redemption or shattered lives?