Two Jamaican lovers escape into the luxurious countryside for a birthday weekend but stop on the way for a romantic river picnic, which ends before it even begins. A new journey begins when one has to adapt to the newest addition to the family and the other battles with trust to keep the family together. But the newest addition? Has a secret that keeps growing.

Meriel Murphy had always wanted to go somewhere quiet, away from her present, to escape her past, and without much worry for her future. When a long lost great-uncle dies, leaving her as his sole heir, it seems as though her prayers have been answered. She moves to the Oregon coast to claim his rustic cabin and start something new. But dreams of a peaceful life along the sea soon vanish as sinister events and dark family secrets threaten to tear her sanity to pieces. The tide is coming in, but will she be ready to face what it brings?

There is a house, notable for its lack of any interesting feature, that serves as home to four tenants. The last of these leads the reader down corridors of mystery and wonder. There's something about that place that makes him feel all is not well with his fellow housemates, none of whom he has ever seen. Pressure is put on him to find out more and his curiosity takes him down a path on which, once started, there is no turning back.