A haunting story of yearning, love and betrayal.

Lucy Briar has arrived home in turmoil after years overseas. She’s met her fiancé in London and has her life mapped out. But old tortured feelings flood Lucy’s existence when her beloved father, Ron, is hospitalised and Morgan – the man who drove her away all those years ago – seeks her out.

Ron implores Lucy to visit Bitterwood Estate, the crumbling historic family guesthouse, where he needs her to find an old photograph album. Lucy has her own painful memories of Bitterwood, but as she searches for the album, the house begins to give up its ghosts and she uncovers a long-hidden secret that shattered her family’s bond and kept a frightened young girl in its thrall.

‘A tantalising, compelling page-turner with a shadowy fairytale-like atmosphere’ Kate Forsyth