Fourteen years ago there was a fire. A famous actor died and his lover, a famous actress, was arrested. Now Abbots House has been rebuilt, and a mysterious woman, who hides her face and talks almost to no one, has come to live there. Kate Buchanan can't leave her tragic past behind - but nor can she remember what actually happened that night years before. In the peace of the Scottish seaside village, though, snatches of her memory start to come back - and an epic love story returns to haunt the woman who survived.