Her job is going nowhere. Her marriage is on the rocks. She's at a crossroads in her life and doesn't know what to do about it.

When her estranged mother passes away, Kathy Klein leaves her Vancouver home and heads to the town she left two decades earlier. She's planning to stay just long enough to dispose of her mother's personal belongings. Then she discovers she is the rightful heir to the unexpectedly large property, but she'll have to fight a powerful cult to claim it. That will take some time.

When she begins a promising relationship with her high school boyfriend, circumstances seem to be contriving to keep her in Pillerton.

As she settles into the old house, long-repressed memories begin to surface. They're not happy ones. Pillerton is a tangled knot of evil secrets; the house she grew up in is the center of the knot, and without realizing it, she's unleashed sinister forces.

She escaped once. It may be too late to escape again.