Save a marriage, have an affair? Stephanie Beinfield is struggling with her marriage. She has never been a quick decision maker, but her choice to marry Jeb and accept his daughter as her own had been good. With the birth of their own daughter and the start of a new business, she felt the romance in her marriage slowly slipping away. She takes the children to the abandoned cabin of her deceased in-laws, thinking her absence might spark Jeb's interest. But a diversion awaits her.There is life in the walls of that abode, secretive messages written by Olivia, her troubled mother-in-law, whom she had never met. Haunted by Olivia's spirit, she searches for the people and places mentioned in the notes, fiercely wanting to learn the dark secrets of the bygone existence. Mimicking the life of the dead woman leads her to an affair which is kept in check by her guilt and the prying eyes of her daughters. Trying to break away from spirits and mysterious messages, she struggles to make decisions. Should she entertain the exciting romance that goes against her moral code or return to the stability of her marriage? And the ending, she didn't see coming.