The Locket- Book One Successful actress Ellen Jackson reluctantly returns to her picturesque hometown of Thunder Valley. After gracing the covers of the rag magazines, she escapes the spotlight to nurture her broken heart while protecting herself from the scandal surrounding her. Her life spinning out of control, she takes refuge in the only place she knows she can find peace. ​ But that's not to be... ​ Instead of finding sanctuary, her return has sparked the imagination and grabbed the attention of the starstruck inhabitants of the small lake town. All eyes are on the young starlet while she is trying to forget her truth, and an unknown force is bent on making her remember. When her own mother Melody went missing all those years ago, the entire valley grieved for the young mother as they laid her memory to rest. Now that a menacing force is bent on digging up the past, after two decades, the cold case has turned warm with new evidence of her disappearance mysteriously surfacing. ​ Her life in peril and her very safety put into question, Ellen seeks comfort in the arms of an unlikely source. Scared and confused --she finds herself at the center of a spiraling and an ever more sinister plot.