Recently widowed, Cassie Brooks brings her daughters to Cambridge, England, for a summer visit to her aunt Alicia. A young writer without a current project, Cassie accepts her aunt's request to transcribe some journals found in the attic. Discovering they were written in the early nineteenth century, she is thrilled. Although Cassie has always had a strong sixth sense, she initially does not know that her beloved aunt is dying. Nor does she know that her aunt's house is haunted. A contemporary story intertwined with a nineteenth century journal.