Claire Sutton has no idea what she will do with 400 acres on the Rappahannock River, the early 1800s house named Woodbine by her ancestors, a barn, cabin and family cemetery—all an unexpected inheritance from her grandfather. Arriving to settle the estate she discovers Woodbine in desperate need of repair with back taxes owed. Soon three men—a friend of her grandfather, an architect from Northern Virginia, and her grandfather’s attorney—present her with three conflicting options. Claire is quickly entangled in a web of uncertainty. As concealed relationships, a hidden journal, a family Bible, even the hint of spirits come into play, she finds Woodbine’s charms as irresistible as when, growing up, she’d spent long happy summers on the farm with her grandfather. The old house holds many secrets. Years pass before an astonishing truth is revealed, and the last piece of Woodbine’s puzzle drops into place.