Forced by her father’s illness to return to the small Kentucky hometown she has avoided since high school, veterinarian Joy Hudson resolves to conquer the dark uneasiness her childhood home still inspires.

Eighteen years have passed since her lifelong best friend, Jenny, met her death in a tragic accident just a few days after their senior prom. But neither time nor distance have brought peace to Joy’s troubled soul--a soul burdened both with hatred for the man she holds responsible, and with a gripping fear whose source she cannot identify.

Plagued with nightmares and disturbed by the large gaps in her memory, Joy comes to realize that the man she despises may be the only one who can help her. Because both the danger she sensed--and the friendship she treasured--now suddenly seem very much alive.