Seventeen year old Milly is adored by (almost) everyone at Half Moon House, the rambling family home in the Surrey countryside she shares with an eclectic mix of family and friends. To outsiders Milly's life might appear idyllic, but her mother's violent death casts a shadow over her and she is haunted by troubling questions she cannot answer. Why does Pascale, her mother's childhood nurse, seem to dislike her so? And why are her nights disturbed by such vivid and terrifying nightmares? Has she done something unforgivable, something she cannot remember?Luke, a handsome, charismatic older man, comes into her life to fulfil a promise made to her mother. Drawn to his warmth and charm she falls in love with him, but when a dark secret from their past is revealed, Milly's trust in him is tested to its limits. Can she escape the ghosts of her past and find true happiness?