Amy Cummings grew up in boarding schools and distant colleges. Now she is coming home. Home? Her mother is long dead and her father doesn't want her around. Nothing has changednothing except the appearance of Robert Michaels, the new chauffeur, nephew of her father's estate manager.
Amy hopes for a new life are torn away when her father discovers her secret. Her plans to marry interfere with his plans and he can't allow that to happen. Amy is shipped away in the middle of the night to a place that only pretends to be a simple home for unwed mothers. Everyone disappears, from her life. In spite of years of searching, she can find no trace of anyone.
Eighteen years later, Amy receives a letter from the father she thought, or at least hoped, was long dead. providing clues to finding the missing pieces of her past.
Hope of regaining some of what was lost quickly descends to terror as Amy discovers her father's true motives. Old family secrets are exposed as Amy spirals thorough a treacherous maze. Lives depend on finding answers in time.