Twenty years before the events of the first book, Leavenshome Farm seems like the perfect place for a young family. But when tragedy strikes, the Collins family are forced to live through an impossible horror. Still struggling with grief following the death of her sister, Connie Collins can tell that her parents' marriage is falling apart. When she starts to notice strange things happening in the house, she initially keeps quiet. Soon, however, she comes to realize that her sister's ghost is trying to get through to her. But what else is lurking in the shadows of the farmhouse?