A mysterious woman appears at Rob Sheridan's Victorian house the evening after he moves into it. When the beauty vanishes before his eyes, the war veteran realizes his home is haunted!
Intending to prove that Rob's late uncle swindled her grandmother out of the house, Lily Graham arrives minutes after his ghostly experience. Hearing his claim, she fears that he intends to frighten her away. But Lily doesn't scare easily and vows not only to take back her home but to protect her family from Rob's cruel lie.
For his peace of mind Rob needs to prove the ghost exists as much as he needs to clear his uncle's name. But when Lily's fragile mother is emotionally shattered by his research into her family's haunted past, his peace of mind loses its importance. Still, one haunting experience after another proves to everyone that the ghost is real. Possession and worse threaten when the spirit's longing for her deceased lover draws Rob and Lily to each other and to a long-buried secret that someoneor somethinghas vowed to keep hidden forever.