The ghostly apparition watching her from the woods frightens and intrigues Emma Hudson. Moving to Cedar Falls after the brutal murder of her husband, Emma is convinced she left all her nightmares behind. But she is unaware of the dark secret buried deep in her mindaa secret that someone else knows too. Ex-U.S. Marshal Jake McLean has his own ghosts. Scraping by as a private investigator, he has been hired by an anonymous client to watch over Emma. Uneasy about working for someone he never met, Jakeas past mistake guilts him into handling Emmaas case.
Now heas glad he did as Jake is finding evidence heas not the only one watching her. The eyes that followed Emma to her new sanctuary are connected to both Emmaas and Jakeas pasts and are bent on a revenge that will change the lives of several people in Cedar Falls forever.