After a tragedy, Hannah Clitheroe is hiding away from the world. Kernow House in Cornwall, inherited from her grandmother, seems like the perfect bolt-hole.
But someone else thinks Kernow House, in the cosy port of Pethporro, is rightfully theirs: Raphael Tregar, a difficult and unpredictable man, who quickly gets under her skin.
Secrets from her grandmother's past leave Hannah reeling, more lost than ever. But as winter sets in, there's one thing for certain: she won't be spending this Christmas alone ...