The year is 1943, and Ivy Jones has been sent to Beacon's Ash. A remote, private English school for unmarried mothers, Beacon's Ash is ruled by the vicious Jeremiah Kane, a man who has a reputation for cruelty. But are the ghosts of his former students haunting the school at night? Ivy soon discovers that one student in particular, Abigail Cartwright, died a particularly horrific death. Is Abigail now haunting the school, desperate for vengeance? Is Jeremiah Kane simply a madman, or does he have a higher calling? And is the Devil really coming for the girls?