To all the world the small, quaint town of Middleton, Illinois is just a town. Just an ordinary place where people live their ordinary lives. Until the illusive Westfalls move back into town, taking back their family manor and sweeping everyone away with their darkest secrets. Most of all the quiet and abandoned Allie Morgan, who has fought for survival her whole life before finding an entirely new one with the cunning Westfall heir Elijah.