Brandi Lakeman was just a toddler when a stranger snatched her. A decade later, the girl was miraculously recovered. Her mother, funeral director Blair Emerson, is determined to rebuild their lives, returning to her hometown of Live Oak, Texas.
But their move to the tightknit town cannot restore normalcy. Brandi, driven by compulsions, bears the scars of her traumatic childhood. And Blair, struggling with her own obsessions with her daughter’s safety, becomes a witness in an arson investigation that has divided Live Oak.
Evidence points to an environmentalist who has alienated much of the town. But Blair reports seeing a teenage boy near the latest fire. What she doesn’t say is that he resembled the grandson of a beloved friend—a troubled teen who struggles to hide his own painful past.
As hindrances multiply in Blair’s search for normalcy, a stranger is watching her and Brandi, stalking their cozy home, lurking in the shadows at dead of night.