Coming back home to work in the local hospital suits Dr. Cameron Wingford. Buying land from an old woman who'd needed the money cements his plans. Then the old woman's granddaughter returns home, and all the rumors begin—rumors that connect her to some weird event at the hospital every Halloween, an occurrence he had yet to experience, as he'd just moved there in November of last year.

Living on the fringe of society, Danica's strange family was an oddity that everyone in the community either mocked or avoided. She had never felt welcome, especially after being suspected of killing her own mother. She hated returning home. Hated everything about it—except for her grandmother, her last living relative. And now, her dying grandmother's request cannot be ignored. Keep the property intact. That meant approaching Dr. Cameron about the piece he'd bought, an act her grandmother regretted ... and an open wound to their legacy.

Open wounds bleed, and, as Danica finds out, this wound can only be healed in one specific way. Even then, a huge sacrifice is required ...