A forgotten land, a lost heritage, and a forbidden love lay in limbo for over a century. When Vivian inherits a Southern estate, she wonders why her late mother never told her about the property. As she and her family renovate the house, she learns her great grandfather once owned the old mansion and hid many dark secrets between its walls. Shame and guilt had driven him to do the unthinkable. Vivian's desire for answers liberates a determined spirit that had been waiting to reveal the ominous truth. Her quest becomes an obsession that endangers everyone when the ghosts of ancestors and slaves that once inhabited the estate engage in a final battle for freedom. Only Vivian has the unswerving will to bring them to peace and to face anything she might discover about her birthright. The world is replete with family secrets. They may be easier to bury on Southern coastal plains, but many of them return to haunt future generations.