Despite her misgivings, child psychologist Lynn McLeod can’t disregard the plea to help ten-year-old Jilly Asche, the daughter of her ex-husband, Stephen. But immediately upon her return to Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, Lynn is drawn subtly into the lives of everyone in the secluded home: Stephen, right now an enigmatic stranger; Julian, a mesmerizing family friend who challenges Lynn’s suggestions of lifestyle and loss of life; and Jilly, the stunning lost kid burdened with a terrifying and fatal secret.

The risk that threatens both Stephen and his girl shortly closes tightly around Lynn. And all the while, the smooth, hypnotic sound in the wind-the eerie yet beautiful music from the Performing Stones-lures Lynn right into a realm of mystery, murder, and dormant interest … and perhaps to the main element to her own destiny.