At twenty years of age, with a bright vivacious personality, Eden McCabe is engaged to be married. Three months before the much anticipated nuptials, she travels out of town to attend a school reunion, from which, by her own choice, she does not return... for almost 5 years.

Those in her community are stunned, and her intended husband inconsolable. Upon her eventual arrival home she has become an extremely troubled young woman, who now lives as a recluse. What are the painful secrets that Eden seems intent on keeping?

This story holds a thought-provoking message for the reader, which, after many twists and turns, is revealed in its climactic finale.