Anticipating the loss of her job at the very time that she is struggling with her recent divorce, Ciara Colson makes an impulsive decision. She accepts a lucrative position posted in the local newspaper. Within days she has embarked on the very first adventure of her young life. Traveling miles away from the security of her close knit family, her friends she will spend the winter months as a temporary houses sitter in a remote mountainous area of West Virginia. All alone, in a cavernous building that has noises in the night she finds family intrigue that draws her into the lives of her employers. Torn between a budding romance and suspicion of criminal intent, fear grips the young woman. She must decide if she should forfeit the extremely generous salary and abandon her post before spring arrives. One mysterious night, curiosity stepped in and answered the question.