As a young woman widowed by World War I, Raissa James is simply no stranger to spirits. However when an invitation arrives from Caoin Home, her uncle’s property in Mobile, Alabama, she’s finally prepared to cast off the shadows of her previous. And what better method to take action than with a grand party in her honor? An aspiring authoress, Raissa’s wanting to soak up more of life-and immerse herself in the dark history that haunts the estate.

However the revelries come for an abrupt end when one of her uncle’s guests takes a deadly plunge. So when a ghost from the property’s previous, a Confederate soldier, reveals himself to Raissa, she’s more determined than ever to get to the heart from the strange fatalities that plague Caoin Home. Enlisting assistance from Reginald Proctor, a self-proclaimed moderate, she retains a séance to shed light on outdated secrets. But she discovers that some secrets, also those long dead, still possess a startling hang on the living…