Valerie Roux doesn't remember her parents. She never knew them. She's lived in Mrs. Holbrook's Home for Homeless Girls in Oregon her entire life. Until a stranger comes to tell her that she inherited a large estate on the remote island of Widow's Peak. Suddenly, Valerie is thrown into a world of strange people, unexplainable events, and a society filled with secrets. But, what if Widow's Peak wasn't just hiding a few swept under the rug secrets? What if something inhuman lurked beneath the waves, in the sky, or among the trees? The part that scares Violet the most, though, is what if she has a closer connection to it than she ever knew?