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.

When Kathy Klein's estranged mother dies, the chance to put time and distance from her problems is irresistable. She leaves her Vancouver home and heads to the small South Saskatchewan town she left two decades earlier, 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. Best friend and successful lawyer Penny Meier helps with the legal entanglements, but it will still take time.

As Kathy settles into the old house long-repressed memories begin to surface. They're not happy ones. Pillerton is a tangled knot of evil secrets, and the house she grew up in is the center of the knot.

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