As she flees her father's abuse, Raven Inverness stumbles upon a wounded man in the eerie Texas baygall. This swampy wood comprises the stuff of her childhood nightmares, visions that still have the capacity to chill her to the bone. She nurses Daniel Walker back to health, and is soon trapped by the web of lies she concocts to protect Daniel, and herself, from her father, Gregory and her brother, Sean, even more devious than Gregory. In the atmosphere of escalating danger, Raven clings to the evaporating hope she and Daniel can make a life together, but shocking family secrets could get her killed . . . or free her to share her life with Daniel.