Left in an orphanage as a child, Thea Reed vowed to come across her mother someday. Now grown up, her search takes her to Pleasant Valley, Wisconsin, in 1908. When signs lead her to a mental asylum, Thea uses her experience as a post-mortem professional photographer to gain gain access to and support groundskeeper Simeon Coyle in photographing the sufferers and uncovering the secrets within. Nevertheless, she never anticipated her personal mission would reawaken the star of Misty Wayfair, a murdered woman who allegedly haunts the area and whose appearance portends death. A century later, Heidi Lane receives a troubling letter from her mother–who is normally fighting dementia–compelling her to go to Pleasant Valley for answers to her own questions of identity. When she catches sight of a ghostly female who haunts the asylum ruins in the woods, the long-standing tale of Misty Wayfair returns–and with it, Heidi’s fear for her personal lifestyle. As two women across time seek answers about their identities and traditions, can they conquer the threat of the strange curse that has them inextricably intertwined?