An unexpected inheritance allows Claire Burton to cast off her claustrophobic existence in her parents’ home and embrace a new life in the remote Welsh foothills. She devotes herself to preserving the memory of the man she hoped to marry and whose death made her wealthy. Two men soon pay court, both boyhood friends of Claire’s lost love. They draw her into a web of dark secrets that could cost Claire her life. Rhys Fitzgordon is a man who seems to benefit too frequently from accidents. He is determined to recover the land his brother sold to settle debts–the land bequeathed to Claire. Edward Latimer is haunted by his sister, Lucy, who disappeared two years earlier. Claire understands too late that Latimer already knows what happened to Lucy and will do anything to bury the past.