The ancient town of St Doves rarely welcomes strangers and the arrival of Alex Culler, tall, dark, mysterious and ageless, reawakens superstitions that should have been dead and buried. Why is it, when she could have anyone, Ella wants Alex? And why is it he seems to find her just as irresistible?

Ella and Alex's arrival in Oakport, Maine, stirs intense feelings. This is the place where Alex's parents died, and his Uncle Ethan is the man Alex holds responsible. Why then is Ella so strangely attracted to Ethan? And what will she do when the bond between them threatens everyone's happiness?