Orphaned and crippled, Heaven"s daughter Annie is whisked off to Farthinggale Manor by Tony Tatterton. She pines for her lost family, especially her beloved cousin/half-brother Luke. Without the warm glow of his love, she"s lost in the shadows of despair and forced in to submission by Nurse Broadfield. When Annie discovers a cottage hidden in Farthinggale"s woods, the mystery of her past deepens and her hopes and dreams are darkened by the sinister Casteel spell.