In the sleepy town of Willow Creek, secrets grow deeper than the roots of the ancient willow trees. When Charlotte Hale returns to her late grandmother's estate to settle affairs, she uncovers more than dusty heirlooms and forgotten letters-she finds a decades-old mystery tied to a disappearance no one dares speak of.

Drawn to the enigmatic gardener, Elias Moore-a man with a shadowed past and a heart full of silence-Charlotte soon realizes he may know more about her family's secrets than he lets on. As stolen glances bloom into undeniable passion, the past begins to unravel around them.

But the closer Charlotte gets to the truth, the more dangerous the game becomes. Someone wants the past buried-and they'll do anything to keep it that way.

Will love be their undoing, or the key to solving a mystery that binds them both?