From the bookcover: When Cori Ferrell inherits an old house in Kentucky, it seems like a chance for her and her husband, Lonny to make a new start, one last chance for the two of them, with their little boy and newborn baby girl, to be what Cori's dreamed of from the beginning: a family, whole and complete. But there's something in the house, something that feeds Lonny's darkest urges . . . and all it wants in return is one tiny little thing. For Kiel Manning, the cottage on the property seems the perfect place for him and his cat, Shadow, to spend a quiet, relaxing summer off before starting his first teaching gig in the fall. But when he meets his new landlady, Kiel is more than shaken by the experience . . . because somehow he knows Cori . . . or has known her, and loved her, before.