Raine Tallentire made the mistake of revealing her paranormal abilities, and her recent romantic relationship came to a swift end. Long ago, her Aunt Vella, a talented but restless soul, advised Raine to keep her talents a secret. Now poor Aunt Vella, her last blood relative, has died, and Raine has resigned herself to a lonely life. But when she makes a trip to Shelbyville, Washington, to clean out her aunt's house, Raine's well-developed sensitivity leads her to a terrible discovery: there's a lock in the basement closet. bound and tortured young woman. The victim survived, but the perpetrator is still at large. Detective Zach Jones enters Rain's life without asking. Surprisingly, Zach does not deny her abilities: in fact, he himself possesses them. Raine hears voices while Zack sees images, and in their meetings Raine experiences a powerful, moving intimacy—on an intellectual, emotional, and psychological level—that she never dared to expect.