Ciarán O'Connor has never settled in one place for long and he has no intention of changing that. Not for his mother's peace of mind. Definitely not for any of the girls who want to persuade him to settle down. Restless and out of step in his own life, he secretly wants adventure. Failing that, a change of scene. Deciding to pay his elderly godmother a visit in Yorkshire, he finds himself drawn into a centuries old mystery. A pattern of events that feeds on the lives of young women, that's winding down to its inevitable, tragic conclusion. It's not in Ciarán's nature to leave well alone. Especially not after he meets the strange and intriguing girl around whom the strange events turn. Old resentments and new tragedies clash in tangled web that will give him everything he wished for...before tearing it away.