Ailsa Calder has inherited half a house. The other half belongs to a man who disappeared without a trace twenty-seven years ago. Her father. Leaving London behind to settle her mother's estate Ailsa returns to her childhood home in the foothills of the Scottish Highlands accompanied by the half-sister she's never taken the time to get to know. With the past threatening to swallow her whole she can't escape the claustrophobic feeling that the house itself is watching her. And when Ailsa confronts the first nighttime intruder she sees that the manor's careless rugged beauty could cost her everything...