When Rebekkah returns to her small-town home for her beloved Grandmother's funer
al, she little suspects that she is about to inherit a darkly dangerous family d
uty on behalf of Claysville's most demanding residents - the dead. Everyone in C
laysville knows that the Barrows are no ordinary family, but no one can really e
xplain why. When respected matriarch Maylene Barrow dies suddenly her granddaugh
ter Rebekkah returns to the small town she grew up in, where she must face the d
emons of her past - the suicide of her half-sister Ella, the person she was clos
est to in the world, and the subsequent break-up of her parents marriage. And sh
e also re-encounters Byron, Ella's old boyfriend, someone to whom she has always
felt a deep and mysterious connection. But the demons of the past are nothing c
ompared with what the future has in store for Rebekkah. Her grandmother has left
her an inheritance both wonderful and terrible. An onerous responsibility now r
ests on her shoulders - one for which she is ill-prepared to say the least. For
behind Claysville's community-spirited, small-town facade lies a dark secret. On
e that ties Rebekkah and Byron together in an inextricable bond, and that will r
equire them both to sacrifice everything to keep their friends and neighbours fr
om harm.
