Rowena despises the woman she's become. Her ex-husband has bent her mind to believe in third and fourth chances, but this time she's done with him. He's left her with nothing but a broken heart, shattered promises, and a stack of bills. Looking down at her mail, she finds a certified letter that will change her life forever. She inherits a cottage in Cornwall, United Kingdom, located in the Bodmin Moors. With the vacated home come spiderwebs, a rusty faucet, and a window that seems to open on its own. But Rowena is not turning back. She's determined to start her life anew, even with a murderer on the loose, which keeps her close to a neighbor and trusted dog. When blood spills from her small hand after an accident, she meets a doctor in Morcant, the small village on the outskirts of the moors. Dr. Reader is handsome and infatuated with Rowena. But there are two obstacles standing in their way: one is that the doctor is the top suspect in one of the murders, and the other is a secret Rowena keeps close to her heart--something that can't be hidden forever. Rowena uses her laptop for her writing career and to communicate with family residing back in the States, yet not all her emails are good news. Letters from her ex-husband and from a disturbed cousin only add to her troubles. She passes a man in the streets of Morcant, someone she'd met years before on one dark moonless night on a lonely highway, and she is almost convinced he's only a figment of her imagination. Rowena is not the only one who has secrets; Morwen Cottage holds a few of its own . . . She's learned not to give second chances, but will she fall again and walk into the arms of a killer?