Rima always loved the season of winter in her small seaside village of Winterson; the cold winds and lashing sea waves comforted her, somehow making her feel more at home than in the Summer months. But now, for the first time in her life, the place she once knew as hers has changed. The woods by her house are becoming more and more alive, and the pain inside her keeps growing. Who is the boy waiting, watching in the woods? And what does he want with Rima?