Geoffrey Staddon turned his back on the best things in his life. He turned his back on the beautiful house Clouds Frome his finest achievement as an architect. He turned his back on the woman he loved Consuela Caswell & who loved him in return. Twelve years later amidst the tatters of his career & marriage he is forced to contemplate the remorse & shame of his betrayal. But when he reads that Consuela has been charged with murder he knows instinctively that she cannot be guilty. & when she sends her own daughter to him pleading for help Geoffrey cannot ignore the dangerous lure of the past any longer. He must return to Clouds Frome & face the dark secret it holds.