Three years ago, May Carter's world fell apart when she fell way too hard for the wrong man, leading her to close the door on love for good. Now, haunted by dreams of ghostly children and deadly shadows, she has begun a new life in the beach town of Crystal Bay with her teenage daughter, Melody. Taking over her family's beachfront diner and moving into the house of her dreams, she has everything she's ever wanted...almost. When she meets handsome, blue-eyed Paul, she does her best to resist his charms as their newfound friendship grows. However, passions surge and it's not long before neither can fight their overwhelming desire as they begin an intensely wild, and life-altering affair. Soon, May discovers that Paul has, somehow, been sharing each and every one of her all-too vivid, disturbing nightmares. Nightmares which begin to seep into their waking lives, warning them of a great danger looming not far ahead. In order to solve the riddle of these warnings and save herself from the shadows, May must discover the dark and terrible secret buried deep within her family's history. An ancient evil which has spent centuries tearing a bloody path through her ancestry, and now wants to destroy May, as well. Has May finally opened her heart, just to have her very life stolen from her? May Carter