Maude ran to save her life, but she stumbles upon a house with a blood stained past on its floors. After a crushing betrayal of love and a close brush with death, bestselling author Maude Derringer vanishes from the glamorous life she was living and seeks refuge on the Oregon coast. There she finds the secluded Colburn Mansion, a breathtakingly beautiful home with secret passageways, hidden secrets and a past the local people refuse to talk about. The townspeople warn her to stay away, strangers go quiet when she asks questions about the place, yet the mansion's dark past - an unsolved murder - remains woven into the very walls of its existence, nevertheless, Maude stays, hoping solitude will heal what her past life had seemingly destroyed. But silence can be very deceptive sometimes and shadows from the past can lurk behind closed doors at the drop of a hat and danger can wear the mask of someone you once loved. First Ricky Castellano comes into her life - they get married and life is good for a while.Then marriage infidelity brings a heartbreaking end their marriage. After divorce - Ken Stockford - the man she once fled from to save herself from emotional despair suddenly reappears leaving Maude to wonder if they might still be able to have a life together. Unfortunately, some secrets haunt houses, while other secrets haunt people for a lifetime and some secrets will never rest until they've taken everything from us right down to our very soul.
