Ella Harkin's mother, Victoria has been named sole heir to her Great-Aunt Eleanor's castle in Willow Tree, Arkansas, and must go there to claim the estate. Though she is a beach loving, California girl at heart, 18 year old Ella hungers for adventure and so, tags along with her mother to Arkansas. But once inside the castle, Ella experiences more adventure than she bargained for. She soon learns that her dearly departed relative hasn't exactly...departed. What's more, she finds that things aren't always what they seem, that secrets as well as treasures often hide in plain sight, and that danger...perchance even death, can arrive when least expected.