A wicked aunt, an inherited bookstore and a seaside town shrouded in mystery. Elizabeth O'Connell, still reeling from her childhood trauma, is plagued with one problem after another when forced to confront her past in the wake of yet another tragedy. As she returns to her childhood home of Mariners Cove, it seems certain people are determined to make her life as difficult as possible. But have they been too quick to judge her? While Elizabeth tries to dismiss the accusations levelled against her aunt, the lines become blurred as those accusations are set upon herself. Suspicion, romance, intrigue and murder become part of her complicated existence as she struggles to comprehend what her life has become, and what her future holds.