Charlotte knew nothing of her parents except that they'd died when she was a child And when her aunt's will makes no provision for an orphan, she must leave the only home she knows for the uncertain protection of an uncle she's never met Plas Melyn, a strangely disturbing manor house on the Swansea coast, feels oppressive and unwelcoming, and Charlotte's unease heightens with every moment Then unexplained acts of terror and violence occur, which can only be directed at her Who would want her dead? What were the true circumstances of her birth? And why should her haughty, aloof cousin Greyson treat her with such apparent disdain and suspicion?