Lancine Broadwin is the daughter and only child of Lance Broadwin a wealthy architecture. She lives in the family's old mansion in a New York suburb where everyone seems to be stuck in 1860. Lacey has a life ruled by her Mother every moment and detail is planned for her. She goes to an all girls school and has very little for herself. When an old friend returns and she slowly starts falling in love something she is both unaware of and afraid of things start looking strange. A boy she hates tries getting her sent away and there is talk about a strange locket with a rare blue gem. Will Lacey find out the mystery of this locket and her world or will she be sent away before it is too late and what will she do about Will her best friend who might also be sent away and not to a nice place. Lacey will have to look deep into her own life home and into the life a mysterious person named E.M.B.