“Some places are abandoned for a reason... and some men are never meant to be found.” On her 25th birthday, Noah Vale decides she’s tired of ordinary. Tired of parties. Tired of pretending to smile. And definitely tired of hiding from the ghosts in her past. So, to feel something — anything — she dares to visit the one place no one in town talks about: Blackwood Mansion. Everyone says it’s cursed. That the most dangerous mafia boss in Italy once lived there. That anyone who steps inside... never comes out the same. Noah doesn’t believe in curses. Not until she hears a scream echo through the halls. Not until she finds wine freshly poured on the table. Not until she sees the name — Nicholas Blackwood — written in blood on an old photograph. But when the man behind the myth shows up in the flesh… beautiful, broken, and terrifying… Noah learns one truth: She didn’t find the mansion. The mansion found her. And Nicholas? He’s not a ghost. He’s very real. And he’s been waiting for her.