Hassie Treadway holds a secret, one she promised never to tell. She sees visions of people's deaths, and she feels the agony of each one she lives through. Her whole life she's believed that it's a curse.

Then Hassie is forced to work as a scullery maid at Upton House, and the moment she steps through the door, she feels the sorrow and the secrets the house keeps. The house that breathes. The house that whispers to her in the dark.

Now trouble comes to Upton House from the outside, and Hassie must embrace her fears and her curse because she is the only one who can untangle the wrongs and wounds of the past to save Upton House and protect those who live there.