Every married couple has its "control issues" - but what if those control issues were so extreme and bizarre that they were hard-wired into the couple's house? Clara and Philip Robertson lived in a majestic house set on a promontory high above the Pacific Ocean. After they are discovered dead by local authorities, Clara's niece Marty Spencer inherits the house - and finds out more than she ever wanted to know about her aunt Clara's control issues. The mansion that is now hers is chock full of highly-detailed fantasy scenarios, planned, programmed and executed by the stunningly beautiful Clara. But did this need for control spin out of control? And does it have a power to bend to its will the budding romance between Marty and Scott Browning, a lawyer helping her to manage the assets of the Robertson estate?