With no husband and no children, and no prospects on the horizon, twenty-nine-year-old Judith Marchand believes she's destined to lead a lonely librarian's life in her small town. But a classified ad intrigues her, and she's soon on her way to restore the private library of the de Lanvilles, a prominent southern Louisiana family. What she doesn't know is that this ideal job will also lead her down a path rife with seduction and murder. She's enthralled with Journey's End, the family's mansion. Against her better judgment, she finds herself falling in love with her mysterious employer, David...