Laura Evans is haunted by an unsettled past. Her father disappearedone night from the backwoods of Porter's Hollow, a shadowydepression in the mountains of North Carolina not far from the littletown of Grassy Creek. The only witness, a hostile, virulent uncle,claimed he was attacked by something supernatural.Laura was born under the long, dark shadow of the events that ledup to that night. And now, just when she finds herself widowed andempty-nested, she gets a phone call drawing her back to the placeshe was whisked away from in a rush of fear and confusion years ago.But she is determined to risk whatever it takes to get to the bottom ofa well-kept family secret. Because the skeletons in this closet are real,and someone, or something, doesn't want them revealed.